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Ark, Breeding Bramble Fruits and Studies of Their Cytology . 



To (l) develop breeding lines and potential varieties of 

 blackberries and raspberries adapted to growing conditions 

 in upper South; (2) learn breeding behavior of various types 

 of bramble fruits, based on chromosome nxmiber determinations 

 of certain parents ajid their progenies; and, (3) chromosomal 

 constitution needed for expression of mitotic instability in 

 brambles and means of avoiding its consequences. 

 Hort, and For. kQZ 



Ga. Improvement of the Muscadine Grape Through Breeding for 



Higher Quality, Perfect -Flovered Types, and Increased Bunch 

 and Fruit Size . To develop perfect -flowered muscadine grapes 

 which have fruit quality equal or superior to the Hunt variety, 

 but which clLso have svrfficient bunch size to be easily har- 

 vested. 



Hort. 85 



Ga, Improvement of Blackberries, Dewberries, and Blueberries 



Through Breeding and Selection and the Develoxment of Adequate 

 Production Practices . To (1) develop blackberry euid dewberry 

 varieties which are better adapted, have greater vigor, and 

 are disease resistant in addition to having superior fruit 

 flavor and shipping queility; (2) develop a pnanlng and spray- 

 ing program for disease control that will give Increased pro- 

 duction and lengthen the life of branible plantings; and, (3) 

 work out CTiltural methods for blueberries which will give 

 optimxan yields. 

 Hort. 87 



Ga. Breeding Blueberries for the Southeast . To develop (l) 



home garden and commercial varieties with a sufficiently low 

 cold requirement to be adapted to the Southeast; (2) blue- 

 berries which ripen at different times to extend season from 

 May to July; (3) blueberries which are of large, uniform 

 size and high qucLLlty; (k) blueberries which can be satis- 

 factorily shipped to distant markets; and, (5) blueberries 

 which maintain quality in storage for several weeks. 

 Hort. 218 



Maine The Development of Low and Semi-Hlghbush and Hlghbush 

 Blueberry Varieties Adapted to Maine . To develop or locate 

 superior varieties of low, semi -hlghbush, and hlghbush blue- 

 berries, having high productiveness, large berry and good 

 quality, also easily propagated, and with rapidity of spread. 

 Hort. 76 Coop. ARS 



