morijolius, is being called Korean 

 Tree Berry from a direct English 

 translation of Korean words for this 

 plant. The strong upright canes grow 

 eight feet tall and withstood -17° F. 

 in the winter of 1948-49, as well as 

 the variable temperatures of the more 

 mild open winters of 1949-50 and 

 1950-51. Plants have been rather 

 free of diseases; a few seedling 

 plants did have cane blight. Between 

 four and five quarts of berries have 

 been harvested from a single plant. 

 The red or orange, translucent, 

 glossy berries have a distinctively 

 sweet and characteristic flavor that 

 differs from common American rasp- 

 berries. Because of its hardiness, 

 freedom from most raspberry dis- 

 eases, vigor, and productivity, it is 

 a useful new plant. Crosses have been 

 made with red, black, and purple 

 raspberries. 



E. M. Meader 

 A. F. Yeager 



Two New Raspberries 



Two new red raspberries selected 

 from the second generation of a 

 cross between a Taylor Raspberry 

 and (bakeberry) Ruhus Chamae- 

 morus have been given numbers for 

 a trial distribution. No. 100 produces 

 branching plants which grow about 

 thirty inches in height; under our 

 conditions it has been extremely pro- 

 ductive and winter hardy. The fruits 

 ripen early and are medium in size. 

 No. 101 grows about four feet in 

 height, is a large pointed red rasp- 

 berry of very good quality, ripens in 

 midseason, and is productive and 

 hardy under local conditions. These 

 two varieties were the only ones in a 

 planting which included nearly all 

 the more common cultivated sorts 

 which produced crops in 1950, 

 A. F. Yeager 



Using Geese To Weed 

 Strawberry Fields 



Three adult geese were allowed to 

 range over half an acre of newly 



set strawberries from July to winter 

 in 1950. They did not seriously dis- 

 turb the berry plants. As weed eradi- 

 cators, they were effective on grass 

 and fair on red root and lambs- 

 quarter but did not eat purslane un- 

 til after frost. In the summer of 1951, 

 they were again pastured on newly set 

 strawberries along with two goslings. 

 The young geese did eat some runners 

 and had to be removed. 



A. F. Yeager 



Three-Year-Old Korean 

 Chestnut Trees Produce Nuts 



Chestnuts from Korea were planted 

 m the field in 1948. In the fall of 

 1950, the 6-foot high trees bore nuts 

 at Durham, N. H., and the harvested 

 nuts have been planted. A few Amer- 

 ican chestnut seedlings planted at 

 the same time are not expected to 

 fruit for several more years. Obser- 

 vations with respect to blight resist- 

 ance on the Korean and American 

 trees will be made from year to year. 

 The Korean chestnuts as yet seem to 

 be winter hardy. 



E. M. Meader 

 A. F. Yeager 



Bush Buttercup Squash 



This is a new variety resulting 

 from a cross between Buttercup and 

 Zapillito, also called the Tree Squash. 

 From this cross a baking squash of 

 the Buttercup type has been purified. 

 It is considerably earlier and in short 

 seasons grows in bush form. This 

 variety matures in a shorter time 

 than any true squash of acceptable 

 quality. It ripens its seed even in the 

 one-hundred-day season of northern 

 New Hampshire 



A. F. Yeager 



Cocheco Sweet Corn 



A number of years ago seed of 

 what is called the Fort Kent Flint 

 corn was obtained from Northern 

 New Hampshire. It is a variety that 



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