ANNUAL REPORT, 1941 89 



Sweet September is a late yellow cherry which 's now being advertised by some 

 nurserymen. It appears to be too tender to cold for Massachusetts. 



Peaches. Duke of York. An old English peach recently brought to the atten- 

 tion of American peach growers. It is an early white-fleshed peach but is un- 

 attractive, poor in flavor, has soft-melting flesh, and is semi-cling. Its value 

 in Massachusetts is very doubtful. 



Goldeneast. This is a fine, large, freestone, attractive, yellow-fleshed, mid- 

 season peach of very good flavor. It looks very promising. 



Redrose is an attractive white-fleshed, late, freestone peach. Flavor was not 

 very good. 



New Jersey 102. A medium-season, yellow-fleshed, freestone peach of good 

 quality but not outstanding. 



New Jersey 105. A yellow, late, freestone peach; quality only fair. 



New Jersey 108. A late, yellow-fleshed, freestone peach; quality poor. Prob- 

 ably ripens too late for Massachusetts. 



New Jersey 109. A late, white-fleshed, freestone peach of fair flavor. Not 

 attractive. It may be a little late for Massachusetts in some years. 



New Jersey 111. A late, yellow-fleshed, freestone peach, attractive but of 

 only fair flavor. Heavy crop for small tree. 



Sungold. A medium-late, yellow-fleshed, freestone peach of very fine flavor 

 and attractive. It has a thick, tough skin and should ship well. The tree is 

 dwarfish and spreading like J. H. Hale. 



Grapes. In recent years the New York Experiment Station has bred and the 

 New York Fruit Testing Association introduced many new varieties of grapes. 

 The following varieties are all of this origin: 



Erie is a good, early blue grape. The bunch is poor and it is self-sterile. There 

 are better grapes of its season. It seems to be no longer offered b\' the Fruit Test- 

 ing Association. 



Hanover, Sheridan, Urbana and Wayne all matured fairly well this year but 

 usually our season is too short for them. It is doubtful if any of them should be 

 planted here except under conditions most favorable for maturity. 



Several varieties not yet named were fruited. Number 12236 (red) and 12238 

 (reddish blue) have received the most favorable comment and are regarded as 

 promising. Concord Seedless (blue) and numbers 9975 (blue), 11361 (reddish 

 blue), 11412 and 11679 (both green) appear less promising. 



Raspberries. Marcy is still free from mosaic disease, of good quality but 

 rather soft for shipment. It is more desirable than Ta>Ior but it is doubtful if 

 it can replace Latham as a commercial variety. 



Marion is a purple raspberry with the undesirable color of that type. It is 

 thought to be superior to Sodus and worth trying if one wants a purple raspberry. 



Tahoma appears to be undesirable. The berries are small, soft and sour. 



Taylor sufTers severely from Mosaic, and its quality is inferior to Marcy. 



Among five numbered seedlings from Geneva, No. 13618 seemed most prom- 

 ising. Numbers 5371, 5548, 13108 and 14685 were, for various reasons, consid- 

 ered to be of doubtful value. 



Blueberries. Concord. This variety produced very attractive, firm, fine- 

 flavored berries in 1941. There was no tendency to crack after rainy periods. 

 Most berries were large but size was somewhat variable. The scar is large and 

 watery with a tendency for the skin to tear. 



Dixi is 3'et too young to give a good idea of the variety. Bush appears vig- 

 orous but yields have been light. Fruit late, large, of good flavor, picks easily, 

 but has a large watery scar. 



