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The next stop of our journey was at the Agricultural Experiment Station at 

 Geneva. Extensive breeding vrork is in progress there. Of particular interest were 

 hundreds of seedlings of raspberries xath special emphasis on fall bearing varieties. 

 A few new plum seedlings shov; particular promise and may be named in the near future. 

 A nevi sweet cherry seedling which is late and hardy shoves considerable promise. The 

 trend in grape breeding is toward the production of varieties vd-th the characteristic 

 of the European type, and from the samples which we were shown considerable progress 

 seems to have been made in this direction. 



In addition to the fruits mentioned, which could be seen and sampled, there are 

 extensive plantings of seedlings of other fruits such as apples, pears, strawberries, 

 blackberries, and apricots. 



After leaving Geneva, we travelled through the fruit producing area along the 

 shore of Lake Ontario in Canada, One outstanding characteristic of this area is the 

 trend towards diversification in fruits, Vfhile grapes seem to predominate, there are 

 numerous orchards of apples, pears, plvtms, and peaches in addition to many of the 

 small fruits, I was somewhat amased at the large number of peach orchards laden 

 with fruit until I was told that the winter temperature in this area rarely goes 

 below 5° F* below zero. 



At Beamsville, Ontario, we were shown a new grader designed for grading pears, 

 peaches, cucumbers, carrots, etc. Its simplicity and reasonable cost has much to 

 commend it. 



One of the most notable observations made thus far has been the great number 

 of neglected and apparently abandoned orchards. Tliese observations apply more to 

 orchards seen in the United States than in the Ontario section of Canada, 



At present we are stopping briefly near Lexington, Michigan on the shore of 

 Lake Huron, and, looking from the cabin windovf, I can see the broad expanse of the 

 lake with ore boats plying back and forth in the distance. Tomorrow we head for 

 East Lansing and points west. 



— 0. C. (Toby) Roberts 



YOU CAN AT LEAST FOLLOW THE VIARKET I 



The out of storage movement chart for Mcintosh has been distributed and used for 

 several years. It has helped to follow the rate of movement out of storage and into 

 consumption. 



This year a new chart has been added. This new one was designed to help in 

 follovfing prices. 



It is the change in price that is of main interest and also of main importance 

 on the buying and selling of the crop. 



The base line is the twenty-five year average change in price for Boston. This 

 average shovfs that in the long run, the Mcintosh price increases enough to pay the 

 storage bill and allow for some shrink. Then the change in price for two years, 

 19U8 and 1951, have been added. 19kQ was used because that vfas a short year. It 

 was not as short as this one, because there have been only three years since I92J4 

 when the crop was as short as this one, 19^2. 1951 was added because it is the one 

 most people vrill remember best. 



You can follow the price changes as vrell as anyone else . 



