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Mass, 



Minn, 



N. J. 



N. J. 



Breeding Quality Sweet Corn for the Early Market , (l) 

 Evaluate early sweet corn hybrids for use under northeastern 

 conditions for fresh market; (2) develop early, high-quality 

 varieties of sweet corn resistant to bacterial wilt. 



Hort. 93 (NE-32) 



Breeding an Improved Strain of Asparagus . To breed an 

 improved strain that could be furnished to seed growers for 

 distribution to the public and to test available strains at 

 three different localities in the State. 



Hort. 2117 



Breeding Adapted Sweet Corn Hybrids for New Jersey , (l) 

 Evaluate sweet corn varieties for fresh market use and freezing 

 in the Northeast and evaluate inbreds; (2) make up sweet corn 

 breeding composites for Northeast within and among distinct 

 maturities that may be inbred at various locations by individual 

 breeders; (3) produce promising hybrid combinations under a 

 planned procedure and evaluate before inclusion of best in uniform 

 trial; (h) develop and apply better screening techniques for 

 bacterial wilt resistance, pollen restoration capacity, heat 

 resistance, and drought resistance. 



Farm Crops, Food Tech. 262 (NE-32) 



Asparagus Breeding . Develop (l) productive asparagus strains 

 of high quality and disease resistance; (2) quick methods for 

 evaluation of individual plants in early life; (3) methods for 

 estimating yielding ability of progeny lines without full season 

 cutting records; (4) mass production methods for vegetative 

 propagation of old asparagus plants of proven genetic value; (5) 

 a sound method for maintenance and distribution of foundation 

 asparagus seed to New Jersey growers. 



PI. Path. 353 



N.Y. Investigations of the Control of the Six-Spotted Leaf hopper , 



(Cornell) The Vector of Aster Yellows in Lettuce (1956) . To determine the 



possibilities of controlling the yellows disease of lettuce through 

 measures aimed at control of the leaf hopper vector. 

 Ent., Veg. Crops 93 



N. Y. Breeding Market Cabbage for Yield. Disease Resistance, and 



(Cornell) Uniformity . Develop improved varieties of cabbage suitable for 

 market use through the addition of disease resistance to Yellows 

 and clubroot, and through development of first generation hybrids. 

 PI. Brdg. 213 



N. Y. Breeding Celery for Disease Resistance and Better Marketability . 



(Cornell) Develop varieties of celery which meet present market demands and 



which can be grown dependably in New York, especially by reason of 



having resistance to Cercospora or early blight. 

 PI. Brdg. 21A 



