TY - JOUR AU - Reil, W. O. AU - Beutel, J. A. AU - Moller, W. J. TI - Effects of control sprays on russetting of Bartlett pears JF - California Agriculture JO - Calif Agr Y1 - 1973/06/01 VL - 27 IS - 6 SP - 5 EP - 6 PB - University of California Agriculture and Nature Resources SN - 0008-0845 UR - http://www.ucanr.edu/sites/calagjournal/archive/?article=ca.v027n06p5 AB - Russet (small, corky, brown spots on 1 the surface of fruit) makes pears less attractive to buyers and so reduces prices paid for fresh fruit even though it does not affect the eating or keeping quality. Several studies have shown that sprays, dew or rain on the surface of young fruit increase russet. For this reason, fireblight control sprays applied to pear trees with young russet-susceptible fruit were evaluated for their effect on fruit russet in 1971 and 1972.