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goodly number of well cared for blecks of Mcintosh, Cortland, Delicious, Northern 

 Spy, etc. A good crop was expected prior to the hiirricane of September 8 which is 

 reported to have done a million dollars worth of daiTiage to fruit in the Annapolis 

 Valley, 



2, One of their research men, Mr, Pickett, is working on a much simp- 

 lified spray program which does not kill off the natural enemies. However, curculio 

 is not a problem in apples up there, 



3» Dr. Bishop is b?8eding apples for scab resistance. All of his seed- 

 lings are tested for scab resistance in the greenhouse and only those showing satis- 

 factory resistance are planted in the orchard for fruiting, 



Ii, Their variety testing program is quite extensive. Like many of the 

 rest of us they are searching for that iaeal late winter apple variety, 



^, A process for making a very fine quality apply syrup for table use 

 has been developed by their Food Processing Laboratory, 



6, The Viking red raspberry is still tops with them with Willamette 

 showing considerable promise, 



7, In spite of their 160 day frost free growing season, vifhich is longer 

 than most parts of Massachusetts, Fredonia is the latest grape variety which they 

 can mature, Yifhy? Mean temperatures are too low due to the ocean influence, 



8, Howard (Premier) and Senator Dunlap are their tvro leading strawberry 

 varieties. The most vigorous field of strawberries seen on the trip was one of 

 Senator Dunlap where the grower had used only his own plants for over 25 years, 



9, Extensive tests of lialling rootstocks is in progress. Some very- 

 fine Cortland trees on Mailing #1 planted in I9U0 were seen. They were about 10-12 

 feet high with 15-18 feet spread and bearing a good crop, Mcintosh on Mailing #1 

 planted in 193U were large enough trees, but their total yield to date had not been 

 so great as trees on seedling roots, 



10, Their most desirable pear varieties are Clapp's Favorite and Bart- 

 lett, because pears are used chieflyfor commercial processing, 



11, They have a new cranberry seedling v^hich is ready for harvest a 

 week earlier than Early Black, yet is an excellent keeper in storage, 



12, Some orchardists on light soils, in particular, are using sprinkler 

 irrigation with good results, 



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VARIETIES OF STRAVJBERRIES FOR MASSACHUSETTS 



Variety Recommended P'or Harvesting Season 



Howard 17( Premier) C & H Early 



Pathfinder C Early 



Catskill C & H Midseason 



Fairland C Midseason 



