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October 2018

Volume 72 CONTENTS

Number 4

Published by THE AMERICAN POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY Journal of the American Pomological Society (ISSN 1527-3741) is published by the American Pomological Society as an annual volume of 4 issues, in January, April, July and October. Membership in the Society includes a volume of the Journal. Most back issues are available at various rates. Paid renewals not received in the office of the Business Manager by January 1 will be temporarily suspended until payment is received. For current membership rates, please consult the Business Manager. Editorial Office: Manuscripts and correspondence concerning editorial matters should be addressed to the Editor: Richard Marini, 203 Tyson Building, Department of Plant Science, University Park, PA 16802-4200 USA; Email: richmarini1@gmail.com. Manuscripts submitted for publication in Journal of the American Pomological Society are accepted after recommendation of at least two editorial reviewers. Guidelines for manuscript preparation are the same as those outlined in the style manual published by the American Society for Horticultural Science for HortScience, found at http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.ashs.org/resource/resmgr/files/style_manual.pdf. Postmaster: Send accepted changes to the Business office. Business Office : Correspondence regarding subscriptions, advertising, back issues, and Society membership should be addressed to the Business Office, C/O Heather Hilko, ASHS, 1018 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314; Tel 703-836- 4606; Email: ashs@ashs.org Page Charges : A charge of $50.00 per page for members and $65.00 per page ($32.00 per half page) will be made to authors. In addition to the page charge, there will be a charge of $40.00 per page for tables, figures and photographs. Society Affairs : Matters relating to the general operation of the society, awards, committee activities, and meetings should be addressed to Michele Warmund, 1-31 Agriculture Building, Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia MO 65211; Email:warmundm@missouri.edu. Society Web Site : http://americanpomological.org Pollen Source Effects on Seed Number, Fruit Quality and Return Bloom of Apple – Khalil R. Jahed and Peter M. Hirst...................................................................................................................... 212 Effects of Early Cropping on Growth and Yield of Southern Highbush Blueberry Cultivars ( Vaccinium corymbosum L. Interspecific Hybrids) - Marcela P. Borda, María A. Pescie, and Norberto F. Gariglio............ 222 The NC-140 Multi-Location Peach Physiology trial: Relationships Between Peach Fruit Weight, Crop Density and Early Season temperature – Richard P. Marini, Esmaeil Fallahi, Polina Francescatto, Jaume Lordan, Michael J. Newell, David Ouellette, Gregory Reichard, Terrence L. Robinsion, and Dwight Wolfe................231 Guava SSR Analysis: Diversity Assessment in U.S. and Similarity to Accessions Associated with Reducing Citrus Huanglongbing in Vietnam – E. Stover, M. Aradhya, S. Gozlekci, J. crane, T. Matsumoto Brower, C. Mayo riley, F. Zee, T. Gottwald, and D. Hall.................................................................................................. 242 High Tunnel Performance of Seven Floricane Red Raspberry Cultivars in Western NY – Courtney A. Weber.... 251 Assessment of Ancient Carob Germplasm of Lebanon by Morphological traits – M. Chami, A. Hajj, J. Kahwaji, H. Houssef, S. Ghaith, L. Fakih, M. Smaha, R. Nabbout, M. El Riachy, F. As-Sadi, M. Al Zein, F.J. Ruiz Gomez, G. Palacious-Rodriguez, R. Navarro-Cerillo, J. Tous, and L. Chalak.................................... 260 Shepard Award Recipient for 2017: John Cline.................................................................................................. 221 About The Cover: 150 Year-Old Carob Tree in Lebanon.................................................................................... 221 Correction............................................................................................................................................................ 250 Instructions to Authors........................................................................................................................................ 278