Deciduous tree fruit

HortScience

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 901-910

  Dennis Jr , F G ^a   Hull Jr , Jerome ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.38.5.901     Document Type: Conference Paper

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