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'HI F^ED: 



As grown at University Park the color is a rather "muddy" red, var- 

 iable and is little, if any, better than the standard Delicious. 



'IMPERIAI, 



An excellent sport, at least equal to Royal Red and Hi Early Red 

 in color and intensity and shape. It does not have pronounced 

 stripes. 



"RED KING: 



A fairly typey sport, with excellent dark red color, it does show 

 pronounced dark red stripes. 



"RED QUEEN: 



Excellent color, with some striping, it is a rather good Delicious 

 type. 



"TURNER: 



Color and type are quite variable. The ground color remains green. 

 This sport shows little promise for Pennsylvania orchards. 



"Of the 15 sports listed above, the VANCE, RICHARED, ROYAL RED, HI 

 EARLY RED, and IMPERIAL appear to have the most promise at this time. 

 As the other sports, now growing at University Park, come into bearing 

 this statement may well have to be changed." 



William B. Lower 

 Boyers Nurseries and Orchards 

 Biglerville, Pennsylvania 



"We prefer Royal Red, on standard rootstock, among all of the Deli- 

 cious strains, excluding the spur types. However, the economy of the 

 smaller tree on standard rootstock has influenced us to plant more of 

 the spur-type Delicious. Our experience with the Redspur Delicious is 

 rather limited as we have fruited them for only five years. However, 

 we now believe that they definitely have a place in our planting plans. 



"In evaluating the spur-types, we must weigh them against the per- 

 formance of the standard tree-size strains. Some growers say that they 

 cannot live with the slow growth habit of the spur-types, nor can they 

 build a good tree because of the upright limb angles. Another problem 

 is the possibility of damage to the fruit from limb - or spur - rubs 

 during some years. Possibly, this will affect the Golden Delicious spur- 

 type trees more than the Red Delicious types. 



"Because the spur type is less vigorous than the regular Delicious 

 sports it should be planted on the heavier (clay loams) soil types and 

 serious consideration should be given to irrigating them. These trees 



