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being overcome by advertising and by its many good qualities. We would rather 

 take a chance with Cortland than with Mcintosh after Christmas. It is e.xcelleni 

 for kitchen use, especially salads, as it does not turn brown. The tree is very 

 satisfactory, hardy, mechanically strong, has a strong tendency to annual bear- 

 ing, and it is a good pollinating variety. It should be regarded as a replacement 

 of Baldwin rather than of Mcintosh. Perhaps it should not be planted exten- 

 sively, but we regard it as one of the most promising varieties to supplement 

 Mcintosh. 



Kendall is still on trial, with little evidence of its value here. Its greenish flesh 

 is the defect most often mentioned. It is said that this will be less evident if the 

 apples are allowed to mature well on the tree. The apple is attractive in shape 

 and color but the quality seems inferior to Mcintosh and Cortland. We have as 

 yet little evidence on the very important character of productiveness. 



Early Mcintosh meets with considerable approval from growers. It is attrac- 

 tive, of good quality for its season, and its name attracts customers. On the 

 other hand, the tree habit is poor, it is strongly biennial, and the apples are apt 

 to be small unless heavily thirrned. There is room for something better for its 

 season. 



Milton is of the same season and a better variety in tree habit and in quality. 

 Were it not for its peculiarity of bearing apples of unattractive shape, it should 

 be preferred to Early Mcintosh. Perhaps as trees get older the shape of the 

 apple will improve. 



A bud sport of Gravenstein from a Lunenburg orchard bore very attractive 

 apples that may prove equal or superior to the strain now in cultivation. 



An orchard of several hundred seedlings, grown from seeds obtained in cross- 

 pollination experiments several years ago, fruited quite generally. Among them 

 were several that were promising. More careful observations in later years may 

 possibly reveal some trees that are worthy of propagation and further trial. 



Pear. Gorham continues to prove desirable, being attractive and of good 

 quality. It resembles Bartlett and is about two weeks later in season. 



Phelps is aLo of the Bartlett type but later in season. It is of good size but 

 unattractive in appearance and of inferior quality. 



Peach. The New Jersey Station continues to breed many excellent new 

 varieties. Some will prove desirable for Massachusetts, but some will be less 

 successful here because of lack of bud hardiness. Golden Globe (N. J. 73) is a 

 competitor of Halehaven, maturing about a week later than Golden Jubilee. 

 It seems rather tender in tree and bud and not as good in quality as when grown 

 in New Jersey. Goldeneast (N. J. 87) is another New Jersey variety which does 

 not reach as high perfection heie as in New Jersey, but it is a little more promising 

 than Golden Globe. Fire glow (N. J. 71) is also better in New Jersey than here. 

 It is so tender in bud that it is likely to be an uncertain cropper in Massachusetts. 

 Eclipse competes with Goldeneast and Halehaven and it seems probable that this 

 older introduction will lose out in the competition. 



Halehaven replaces South Haven, an earlier production from Michigan, and 

 all agree that it is an improvement. It ripens between Golden Jubilee and Elberta 

 and is worth trying. Polly closely resembles Champion and therefore has no 

 place except for strictly local trade. We have no evidence as to whether it is 

 superior to Champion. 



Some of the peach trees grown for variety study in the nursery will be used to 

 establish a new variety peach orchard to be planted next spring. This should 

 give us much additional first-hand information about varieties. 



Raspberry. Marcy continues to perform well and has not yet shown mosaic 

 infection. The berries are large, attractive and of good quality. It is a good 



