FRUITS, NUTS and ORNAMENTALS 



FRUITS 



New Hampshire 



Plant-breeding Program 



Experiments with 



APPLES PEACHES 



PEARS 



GRAPES RASPBERRIES 



STRAWBERRIES 



BLUEBERRIES 



BUTTERNUTS HICKORY NUTS 



HAZEL AND HAZEL - 



FILBERT HYBRIDS 

 LILACS HONEYSUCKLES 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 

 BEGONIAS 



APPLES 



Apple-breeding work at the Uni- 

 versity of New Hampshire has not 

 as yet reached the pay-off stage. Its 

 objectives are to provide a variety 



of as high quality as Mcintosh, one 

 that is productive, red in color, 

 ripens later in the fall, and that will 

 keep longer in the spring. The Win- 

 ter Banana, variety is the only var- 

 iety that over the years, at Durham, 

 N. H., has consistently outyielded 

 Mcintosh. It also has the most near- 

 ly perfect tree in shape and size. At 

 Geneva, N. Y., Winter Banana gave 

 a high percentage of good seedlings 

 among the few which were grown. 

 It was decided, therefore, to make 

 crosses between this variety and Mc- 

 intosh. Several hundred such seed- 

 lings are being grown, some of which 

 are now reaching bearing age. 

 Crosses have also been made between 

 Northern Spy and Macoun with a 

 similar objective in mind. 



A tetraploid Mcintosh, with 

 double the normal number of chro- 

 mosomes, was discovered by a 

 United States Department of Agri- 

 culture worker in northern Massa- 

 chusetts, in 1947. On this tree 



Apple tree under an insect-proof cage for crossing. 



