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"ruit Notes 



ISSN 0427-6906 



Prepared by the Department of Plant & Soil Sciences. 

 University of Massachusetts Cooperative Extension, 



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United States Department of Agriculture, and Massachusetts Counties Cooperating. "^ 



Editors: Wesley R. Autio and William J. Bramlage 



Volume 56, Number 1 

 WINTER ISSUE, 1991 



BIOLOGICAL 



JAN 2 2 1991 



ISCIENCES LIBRARY 



Table of Contents 



Apple Bruising VI. Reducing Impact 

 Damage on Packing Lines 



Apple Bruising VII. Damage Ocurrtng 

 During Intrastate Transportation 



Storage Humidity Influences Quality of Mcintosh Apples 



Catfaclng by Oak and Hickory Plant Bugs 

 in Massachusetts Peach Orchards 



Evaluation of Amblyseiusjallacis Predatory Mites 

 on Apple Trees One Year After Their Release 



Hunting Spiders in Second-stage IPM Apple Orchard Blocks 



Massachusetts Apple IPM Program: Observations in 1990 



Non-pesticidal Control of Summer Codling 



Moths Through Habitat Management 



Effect of Distance Between Traps on Interception 

 of Apple Maggot Flies on Perimeter Apple Trees 



Strawberry Cultivar Screen for Tolerance 

 to Black Root Rot Disease Complex 



Effects of Sulfur and Copper Fungicides 

 on Fruit Finish, Scab, and Soil Acidity 



Flyspeck and Sooty Blotch: New Problems and New Ideas 



Summer Pruning, a Continuing Look at the Benefits 



In-row Rotary Tilling for Orchard Weed Control 



