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Ruby - A Gallia Beauty x Starking cross from the Ohio Agricultural Experiment 

 Station. Ruby is a winter apple. The fruit has good size but it has a dull un- 

 attractive red color. Fruit quality is poor. Ruby does not appear to be an 

 outstanding variety under our conditions. 



W. D. Weeks 



PEACH 



Richhaven - An attractive, well colored, yellow fleshed peach of Halehaven season. 

 The fruit has good size and quality. Worthy of extensive trial. 



M. A. Blake - An attractive yellow fleshed peach which ripens a few days ahead of 

 Elberta. Fruit has good size, quality, and very little pubescence. This peach 

 looks very promising as a late-season variety to replace Elberta. Worthy of 

 extensive trial. 



---W. D. Weeks 



PEARS 



Alexander Lucas - An attractive French winter pear which is large, yellow with 

 a blush and good quality. It's season is late fall and early winter. 



Chap in - A seedling of Seckel which resembles Seckel in general characteristics 

 but ripens nearly a month before Seckel. It is very sweet and excellent in 

 quality. 



Ewart - A large greenish yellow pear netted v;iLh russet and has a fine, melting, 

 tender, juicy flesh. The season is a month later tlian Bartlett. 



Gorham - Fruit resembles Bartlett in size, color, and shape. Ripens two weeks 

 later than Bartlett and keeps a month longer. The quality is good to excellent. 

 This variety is particularly recommended for dessert and canning. 



Red Bartlett - A sport of Bartlett which resembles Bartlett in every respect 

 except color which is red rather than yellow. 



0. C. Roberts 



RED RASPBERRIES 



Early Red - An early, medium sized fruit of medium red color, moderately firm 

 and fairly good quality. Growth and production are satisfactory. Winter hardiness 

 is fairly good. No virus disease has been observed on it as yet, but it is moderate- 

 ly susceptible to spur blight. Worthy of limited trial. 



Muskoka - A midseason variety, with medium sized attractive red fruit which is 

 moderately firm and good quality. Canes are moderately winter hardy and show 

 little spur blight. No virus found on it to date, 



Fuyallup - From the fruit standpoint this variety is outstanding in size, firmness, 

 distinctive flavor and very good quality. It ripens about with Latham, but 



preli.uinary cvi-cncc sugsesis thrX it D::ay aoc be sufficiently winter hardy for 

 commercial use. 



