Wax sprays for sweet cherries: Fail to increase size of fruit in experimental tests in Davis in 1946 and in San Joaquin County in 1949
Authors
Reid M. BrooksL. L. Claypool
Authors Affiliations
Reid M. Brooks is Associate Professor of Pomology and Associate Pomologist in the Experiment Station, Davis; L. L. Claypool is Associate Professor of Pomology and Associate Pomologist in the Experiment Station, Davis.Publication Information
Hilgardia 4(5):6-12. DOI:10.3733/ca.v004n05p6. May 1950.
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Abstract
Wax sprays applied to trees of the sweet cherry varieties Black Tartarian, Lambert, and Bing did not increase the size of the individual fruits, in experimental work at Davis in 1946 and in San Joaquin County in 1949.
Brooks R, Claypool L. 1950. Wax sprays for sweet cherries: Fail to increase size of fruit in experimental tests in Davis in 1946 and in San Joaquin County in 1949. Hilgardia 4(5):6-12. DOI:10.3733/ca.v004n05p6
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