resistant to low temperature, and yields a moderate crop of good quality 

 blue fruit. Kendaia (blue) is very vigorous in growth and is winter-hardy, 

 but it is not so dependable for fruit production. The fruit clusters are very 

 large and the berries are of the highest quality. Ontario is an early white 

 grape of high quality and proven hardiness. Seneca and Buffalo produce 

 grapes of highest quality but are not recommended for New Hampshire; the 

 former being quite unfruitful and the latter showing more or less vine in- 

 jury every winter. Brockton is a fancy white grape but seldom ripens its 

 fruit before fall frosts. For northern sections, Beta is recommended. 



L. P. Latimer 



Pear Breeding. 



Clapp's Favorite. Gorham, and Bosc are among the best of the old 

 varieties. Among seedlings produced by crossing Clapp's Favorite with Con- 

 ference, two have been selected for wider testing. These have high quality 

 and good size, and they store well. 



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Late-Ripening Strawberries Selected. 



A pistillate (or imperfect) flowered strawberry selection, New Hamp- 

 shire No. 179 (Tupper x Fairfax), was pollinated by Fairpeake variety. 

 From this cross, two attractive, perfect-flowered, large-fruited selections 

 have been made and are being increased for further testing. Both start to 

 ripen their first berries ten days after the popular variety, Howard 17, and 

 they should help to extend the season for ripe fresh strawberries. 



E. M. Meader 



Grape Breeding. 



An original planting of 1500 seedlings of Erie grape has been reduced 

 lo 74 selections by roguing and by eliminating unproductive plants and those 

 with imperfect flowers. 



A. F. Yeager, E. M. Meader 



Peach Breeding. 



Selections are being made for a wider test from an F 2 population of a 

 cross between Eclipse and North Caucasus peach. These selections have 

 borne early, yellow, free-stone fruits in abundance in the same year in which 

 Elberta and Golden Jubilee blossoms have been winter-killed. 



A. F. Yeager, E. M. Meader 



Rubus Breeding. 



Many new species of raspberry and blackberry have been procured and 

 crossed with our cultivated varieties. In many instances, these give sterile 

 plants; however, some are fertile. Continued breeding will be needed to per- 

 fect varieties from these crosses, but there is evidence that valuable varieties 

 for use in New Hampshire will be discovered. Early-bearing varieties which 

 are winter hardy and which have high production records are being sought. 



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