-7. 



Raspberries ; Black - Logan, Plum Farmer, Cunberland. 

 Red - Chief, *NeWburgh, Taylor, ^Latham, 

 St. Regis (everbearer) . Purple - Sodus. 

 Blackberr y : E 1 d o ra do . 



Currants : Not allo"'ed In many to^vns. Consult Department of 

 Agricult!:re, State Kcjse, Boston, Mass. 

 ^Wilder, Viking (resistant to blister rust). 

 Blueb e rries : Cabot, *Ploneer, *Rubel. 



* Most reliable for commercial planting. 



New or Little Know n Vari eties for Trial (Arranged approximately 

 In order of seasonT. 



We have fruited most of these varieties In the College 

 orchards and they seem to be most promising among the new or 

 little known sorts. We suggest them for trial only. 



Apples : Crimson Beauty, Lodl, Red Duchess (VanBuren), 



Mlltpn, Patricia, Blackmack, Macoun, Kendall, Red 

 Spy, Gallia Beauty, Lawfam. 

 Peaches : Buttercup, Sunbeam, Rosebud, Dollclouc, Raritan 



Rose, Cumberland, Radiance, Golden G"!.obe, Vedette, 

 Valiant, Veteran, Golden East, Eclipse, Primrose, 

 White Hale. 

 Pear s; Cayuga, Conference, Phelps. 

 Plums ; Wrights Early, Santa Rosa,, Stanley, Imperial Epln- 



euse. Kail, Albion, Pacific. 

 Cherr ies; Sw(^et - Early Rivers, 'Victor, Stark Gold (hardy), 

 Emperor Francis. Dukes - Reine Hortense, Late 

 Duke. 

 Straw berries: V/ayzata, (Everbearer), Lucky Strike (everbear- 

 er), Clermont, Gem ( everbearer) , Tlionpson Late. 

 Raspberries : Marcy. 



Grape s: Erie, Keuka, Portland, Seneca. 

 Blueberries : Rancocas, Concord, Stanley, Jersey, Warehara. 



P omology S tude n ts V le^"^ L! arketin:':: Method s 



On November 11 and 12 the writer, accom-oanled by a 

 group of students enrolled In the marketing courses given by the 

 Pomology Department, spent a profitable two days visiting points 

 of interest connected with the handling of fruit. The first day 

 was spent in a study of the methods employed in preparing fruit 

 for market and the second in observing the methods used in sell- 

 ing it. On the wpy to Boston ve stopped at the Nashoba Apple 

 Packing Association In Ayer, the Vinegar Works in Littleton, 

 Arthur Calkin's packing house at Harvard, David Clemens' storage 

 house at Stovr, C. D. Fletcher's storage plant nt West Concord, 

 and the Regional Produce Market at West Cambridge. 



The second day was spent touring the selling agencies 

 in the Boston Market District under the able leadership of Mr. 

 Harry Campbell of the State Department of Agriculture. Several 

 commission houses were visited in addition to stops at the Boston 

 Terminal Market, the Auction Market in Charlestown, and the 

 Quincy Market Cold Storage. Unless one were actually present 



