Fruit Notes 



iV. OF MASS. 



Prepared by the Department of Plant & Soil Sciences. BIOLOGICAL 



UMass Extension, U. S. Department of Agriculture, and Massachusetts Counties Cooperating. 



Editors: Wesley R. Autio and William J. Bramlage 



JUL 1 1996 



lENCES LIBRARY 



Volume 6 1 , Number 2 

 SPRING ISSUE, 1996 



Table of Contents 



Orchard Site Factors Related to Incidence 

 of Flyspecic on Apples 



Is There Benefit in Removing Drops to Prevent 

 Within-orchard Buildup of Apple Maggot Flies? 



Rootstock Affects Ripening of Mcintosh Apples 



Progress in 1995 Toward Development of Toxicant-treated 

 Spheres for Controlling Apple Maggot Flies 



Effects of Apollo Alone and in Combination with Dormant Oil on 

 European Red Mite Populations in a Commercial Apple Orchard 



Effects of Calcium Salts on Flyspeck and 

 Sooty Blotch of Golden Delicious Apples 



