x^kJIT NOTjlo 



August , 1940 



W. n. Tl'des 

 iixtenaion Horticulturist 



I'lurseiyyineri PropagatiriiS; Fewer Varieties 



A aecrease in the number of fruit varieties v/as observ- 

 ed tnis sununer in the nurseries of the Northeast, liuny of the oIl;. 

 varieties often lounu in s^Tiall numbers in previous years have ai:.- 

 appearea, wniie some of the new ones that were grovvn for a lev/ year 

 are no longer seen. The Cortlanu apple, Goluen Jubilee ana Hale- 

 haven peach, ana the c^tanley plum nave become major varieties. The 

 rea bua sports of appie varieties are graaually replacin,-^ the par- 

 ent varieties, although there seem.s little gain this year over 19o9. 

 oome may regret the loss of such ola varieties us King, bpitzen- 

 burg. Mother ana Earxy '^rav.fforu, but it eviaently aoes noi. pay nur- 

 serymen to gro'/V them. In the writer's opinion there ought to be 

 one or two nurseries in the country making a specialty of growing a 

 consiaerable list of gooa ola varieties for customers who like them. 



J . K . bhav.; 



Nursery Inspection oompletea 



The usual inspection of nurseries for "trueness to 

 name" for 1940 bas been com:.iletea. It has incluaea 18 nurseries in 

 Massachusetts, oonnecticut, Mew ^ork, Ohio, Michigan, Virginia, 

 Marylana, ana Delaware. Txiis is the twentieth year of inspection 

 work, although many of the nurseries visitea this year have been 

 exaininea for 5 years or less. Results are seen in the steaaily ae- 

 creasing numbers of misnamea or i.::properly labej-leu trees. Any 

 fruit grower aesiring a list oi these nurseries may secure one bj 

 aaaressing a rec^uest to the v/riter. 



J. K. onaVv' 



Connecticut Grower rleasea with uv/arf ^rchara 



The writer recently visitea the Cook isrothers' orchara 

 on Route 1 between Hranfora ana Guilfora, Conn. They have about 

 2,000 dv/arf apple trees in bearing ana are very much pleasea with 

 them. The trees on awarf stocks are about one half the size of 

 stanaara trees ana have fruit ea heavily from an early age. The 

 owners emphasize the fact that maintenance costs are lovver ana the 

 fruit equal or superior to that from trees on seealing roots, 

 l^iany of the stocks nave sent up shoots anu these have been collect- 

 ea ana buaaea. An examination of tnese stocks snows that they arc 



Issuea by tne J^xtension Service, iviliarci A. Munson, Director, 

 in furtnerance of Acts of May 8 ana tJune 50, 1914. Massacnusetts 

 btate College, Unitea states juepartment of Agriculture, ana County 

 Extension bervicos cooperating. 



