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Scab control up until Hay 19 had been excellent. European red mite are 

 nore n\imerous than is usual for this time of year, 



SELECTION OF FRUIT VARIETIES FOR HOME AIID LOCKER FREEZING 



During the past fev; years considerable attention has been given to the 

 suitability of fruit varieties for freezing in many of the State Experiment 

 Stations, Such studies have been carried on at the University of Massachusetts 

 by the Department of Food Technology in cooperation with the Department of 

 Pomology, A number of varieties of apples, blueberries, cherries, currants, 

 peaches, pears, plums, raspberries, and stravrberries gro\"--n at the University have 

 been frozen each year over a five-year period. The frozen products vrere evaluated 

 for quality on a basis of consumer acceptability. 



From these tests the following fruit varieties among others v/ere foi.md to 

 be particularly satisfactory for home or locker freezing: 



Ap£le_s: Baldv;in, Cortland, Greening, Northern Spy, The Mcintosh and '/iealthy were 

 good if given a calcium treatment to prevent excessive softening. 



Blueberri es; Host cultivated varieties^ as well as wild blueberries, 



C?ierries (sour): Montmorency, 



Cherries (sweet): Schmidt and V/indsor, 



Currcaits: All varieties tested. 



Peach es (yellov^): Elberta, Halehaven, Ideal, J. H, Hale, 



Peaches (white): '.'fliite Hale, 



Pears: Freezing not recommended as frozen quality is generally poor. 



Plums: Albion, Burbank, Elephant Heart, Formosa, Monarch, President, and Red lung. 



Prunes: German Prune, Imperial Epineuse, Italian Prune, Stanley, 



Raspberries • (black): Bristol. 



Raspberr ies (purple): Columbian, Sodus, 



Raspberries (red): Chief, Cuthbert, Latham, Lloyd George, aiid Viking, 



Strawberries : Catskill, CrimsonglaT, Culver, Dorset, Fairfax, Fairpeake, Midland, 

 Redheart, Senator Dunlop, Sparkle. 



There are other varieties of the above fruits v>rhich would usually yield a 

 reasonably satisfactory product for home freezing. However, in the case of fruits 



