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Fruit Notes 



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ISSN 0427-6906 





Prepared by the Department of Plant & Soil Sciences. 



University of Massachusetts Cooperative Extension, 



United States Department of Agriculture, and Massachusetts Counties Cooperating. 



Editors: Wesley R. Autio and William J. Bramlage 



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Volume 55, Number 2 

 SPRING ISSUE, 1990 



B!OLOG!CAL 



MAY U 3 1990 



SCIENCES LIBRARY 



Table of Contents 



Comparison of Ripening and Fruit Quality of Gala and 

 Mcintosh Apples at Harvest and Following Air Storage 



Pomological Note: Blueberry Cultivar Update 



Commercial Potential of Red Fuji in New England 



Preliminary Observations of Redmax in Massachusetts 



Managing Small Fruit Crops for the Retail Market 



Food for Thought 



Peach Cultivars 



Effectiveness of Dimilin™ Against Apple Blotch Leafminere 



Evaluation of Dimilin™ Against Pear Psylla 



Advancements in Second-stage Apple IPM: 

 Substituting for "Sticky" on Baited Red Spheres 



Evaluation of Safer's™ Insecticidal Soap as a 

 Management Tool in Apple Orchards 



Insecticidal Soap for Pear Psylla Management 



