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PROCEEDINGS January 10-11, 2001, Sturbridge MA ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING MASSACHUSETTS FRUIT GROWERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC. Volume 107 Published by the MASSACHUSETTS FRUIT GROWERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC. P.O. Box 9632, North Amherst, MA 01059-9632 In cooperation with the New England University Cooperative Extensions Connecticut Pomological Society Maine State Pomological Society New Hampshire Fruit Growers Association Rhode Island Fruit Growers' Association Vermont Tree Fruit Growers' Association Edited by William J. Bramlage All articles listed below requireAdobe Acrobat Reader. If you wish to download the complete volume in Adobe Acrobat format (for easier printing), click here. Table of Contents Bylaws, Massachusetts Fruit Growers’ Association, Inc. -- 2 Officers and Directors for 2001, Massachusetts Fruit Growers’ Association, Inc. -- 6 Committees for 2001, Massachusetts Fruit Growers’ Association, Inc. -- 7 Minutes, Massachusetts Fruit Growers’ Association, Inc. Board of Directors, March 1, 2000 -- 8 Board of Directors, December 6, 2000 -- 12 Annual Business Meeting, January 10, 2001 -- 13 A Model for Early Assessment of Chemical Thinner Response on Apples, Duane Greene and James Krupa -- 16 Top Ten Things a Fruit Grower Needs to do to Survive in the 21st Century, Win Cowgill and Jon Clements -- 20 Marketing Apples in a Global Economy, A. Desmond O’Rourke -- 25 Health Marketing: “An Apple a Day” Takes on New Meaning, Julia Stewart Daly -- 29 Apple Variety Selection in a Global Economy, A. Desmond O’Rourke -- 33 Web-based Interactive Orcharding Tools, Jon Clements -- 37 Factors Affecting Fruit Set in Pear, Renae Moran -- 39 Leaf Spotting: Causes and Solutions, David Rosenberger -- 42 Suggestions for the Use of ApogeeTM for Vegetative Growth Control and for Shoot Fire Blight Suppression, George Greene -- 47 An Update on Plum Pox, George Greene -- 49 The FQPA and New Chemicals, Arthur Agnello -- 53 Scab Control Strategies for 2001, David Rosenberger -- 59 Models as Decision Aids, Glen Koehler -- web-based only

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