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N. J. Strawberry Breeding. To (l) develop a series of varie- 

 ties suitable for freezing processing and consider characters 

 as: ease of separation of calyx, small, dry scar, necked 

 fruit shape, mediiim to large fruit size, uniform light or 

 medium red flesh color, firm flesh, moderately tart or tart, 

 high aroma, tough skin, vigorous and productive plant, strong, 

 upright fruiting cluster; (2) develop series of varieties suit- 

 able for fresh market and consider chsiracters as: light, 

 glossy outside red, light colored seeds, showy calyx, disease 

 resistance, virus tolerance; (3) develop commercially accept- 

 able, very early ripening, frost hardy varieties; (k) com- 

 mercially acceptable everbearing varieties adapted to state; 

 (5) parental material possessing special characters in com- 

 bination with desirable horticult\aral characters and consider 

 si)ecial characters of very large size, very late ripening, 

 runnerless plants; fairly true breeding lines suitable for 

 production of F-i hybrid seed-propagated varieties; (6) use 

 mutant material obtained from high energy irradiation of 

 strawberry plant material under Project 366; and, (7) main- 

 tain viriis-free stocks of selected seedlings and commercially 

 in5)ortant varieties in cooperation with Project 328. 

 Hort. 333 Coop. USDA 



N. J. Blueberry Breeding . To (l) develop improved varieties 

 of blueberries in cooperation with USDA, consider various 

 characters as: early ripening, very late ripening, good 

 scar with resistance to shattering, larger size, light blue 

 color, uniform ripening, good keeping and handling quality, 

 etc.; (2) test selections from progenies distributed to 

 other experiment stations and cooperating growers by USDA; 

 (3) supervise testing and increase of promising selections; 

 (k) develop inoculation techniques in cooperation with De- 

 partments of Plajit Pathology and Entomology and with USDA 

 for evaluation of seedlings and selections for resistance to 

 disease and for virus tolerance; (5) introduce by inter- 

 specific hybridization early ripening and hardiness from 

 northern lowbush blueberry and superior scar and drought 

 resistance from rabbiteye blueberry into the high bush 

 variety; (6) use mutant material from high energy irradia- 

 tion of blueberry plant material under Project 366; and, 

 (7) maintain a variety test planting of commercially impor- 

 tant varieties, new varieties, and a "living herbarium". 

 Hort. 368 Coop. WDA 



N. C. The Breeding of Bramble Fruits . To (l) develop by breed- 

 ing new home and market varieties of raspberries, dewberries 

 and blackberries that are adapted to the South, and that are 

 disease resistant, vigorous, productive and of good quality; 

 and, (2) test selections developed in the breeding program 

 with standard varieties for performance under Southern conditions 

 Hort. 80 Coop. ARS 



