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..ednesday ai'ternoon - Production Program, Such important topics as Ccn- 



trolled Atmosphere Storage, Use of Honnones, Improv- 

 ing Color and Yield in Mcintosh, Lowering the Tops 

 of Tall Trees, and Social Security will be discussed 

 by local personnels 



Thursday forenoon - Small Fruit Program^ on grapes, blueberries and thfe 



"A13.-Purpose " Home Fruit Spray Schedule, 



Thursday afternoon - Small Fruit Program, with Dr. D. H, Scctt, U.S.D.Ap 



discussing some current problems in strav/^berry produc- 

 tion, 



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VARIETY NOTES 



V/hich Red Raspberiy Varieties for PYeezin g? - A recent report from the Mew York 

 Agricultural Experiment Station at Geneva'TJidicates the following results from var- 

 iety tests there : 'Willamette produced the best frozen berries because of the excel- 

 3b nt texture of the thawed product, coupled vd-th good flavor." Milton, Taylor, Meivburgh 

 and Cuthbert produced good frozen p'oducts. The new yellow variety Amber also pro- 

 duced a good frozen berry, (In Massachusetts, Newburgh and Cuthbert are not high 

 yielding varieties, VThile Taylor is very susceptible to virus disease in many areas,) 

 ilarcy, Viking, September, Latham, Indian Summer and Chief were found to be only fair 

 quality for freezing. 



They also found red raspberries to be a fairly good source of ascorbic acid 

 (Vitamin C), Varieties rated as good in eating cjal.itj'' were found generally to be 

 higher in Vitamin C, sugars, and acids than varieties of lower eating quality© 



Freezing Adaptability of Peach Varieties iii New York - Out of 59 yellow fleshed peach 

 varieties recently tested in Nev/ York State J, H, Hale, Midway, Ideal, Eclipse and 

 Viceroy vrere all f ouiid to have better freezing qusiity than Elberta although the 

 latter variety gave a fairly good frozen product. Champion and Polly (considered to 

 be identical as grown and fruited under Massachusetts conditions) were outstanding 

 freezers among the 22 Tfhite fleshed varieties tested. 



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New Idea in Marketin'^ Black Raspberries - A recent trip through Idaho found an inter- 

 estiiig tvrist in a planting of black raspberries. No marketing problems here. The 

 fruit remains on the plant until thoroughly dr;'-. The canes are harvested, the f ruit 

 collected, stored, and later sold to flavoring concerns for use in ice cream and fruit 

 drinks. The OT/iner, a gentleman in his nineties, has been at t his for years and appar- 

 ently is one of the few growers handling the crop in this way» 



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