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N. C. Blueberry Breeding . To originate blueberry varieties 

 for North Carolina and the Southeast, emphasizing: (l) 

 very early to midseason commercial varieties with improved 

 fruit and plant characters such as greater vigor and pro- 

 ductiveness, better adaptation to local conditions, resist- 

 ance to diseases, and larger, bluer, better flavored fruit; 

 (2) vsurieties ripening from very early to very late for 

 home use and local market for all sections of the state; 

 and, (3) evaluation of various crosses for potential value 

 as sources of superior selections, and for information on 

 inheritance of economic characters to improve breeding, 

 Hort. 82 Coop. ARS 



N. C. Stravberry Breeding . To (l) originate strawberry varie- 

 ties for North Carolina and the Southeast, emphasizing a. 

 varieties with improved plant cheuracters as productivity, 

 increased vigor, greater resistance to diseases, and possibly 

 to insects and nemas, b, varieties adapted to specific uses 

 such €is shipping, preserving, or freezing, and c. varieties 

 ranging from very early to very late with large size and 

 high flavor for home use and local market; (2) evaluate 

 various crosses as to potential value as sources of superior 

 selection; and, (3) obtain information on inheritance of 

 economic characters contributing to improvement of breeding 

 methods . 



Hort. 83 Coop. ARS 



Okla. The Improvement of Bramble Fruits by Breeding . To (l) 

 secure varieties of promise and hybridize in attempts to 

 produce seedling for adaptation and resistauice; (2) collect 

 and maintain a test planting of recommended varieties and 

 evaluate newly introduced ones; and, (3) disseminate material 

 which has indicated desirable qualities, 

 Hort. 595 



Pa, Breeding Improved Varieties of Raspberries . To (l) breed 



improved raspberries having resistance to freezing, disease, 

 and insects, and desirable horticultioral characteristics; (2) 

 determine types and extent of virus infection; (3) identify 

 and study insect vectors causing transmission of viruses; and, 

 (U) study inheritance of certain characteristics. 



Hort., Zool. and Ent,, Bot. and Plant Path. I09U (NE-9) 



S. C. Breeding Bunch Grapes for the Southeast . To develop vari- 

 eties adapted to the Southeeist possessing high quality, longev- 

 ity, resistance to heat, drought, black rot, and anthracnose 

 diseases, and which produce bunches that ripen uniformly. 

 Hort. 105 



