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N. J, Peach Breeding . To (l) develop early ripening, large, 

 yellow, freestone peaches; (2) develop freestone fruit that 

 is disease resistant, hardy, large, productive, firm, attract- 

 ive, good quality, and yellow fleshed, to ripen throughout 

 the season, suitable for dessert fruit and for home and 

 commercial processing; (3) develop clingstone varieties that 

 are disease resistant, hardy, large, productive, good for 

 canning and processing; (k) develop series of large, yellow 

 fleshed, disease resistant, non-cracking, hardy, productive, 

 good quality, freestone nectarines ripening throughout the 

 season; (5) study mode of inheritance of horticult\jrally 

 important characters; (6) develop methods of testing trees 

 for disease resistance, particularly in seedling stage in 

 greenhoiise; (7) develop methods of producing seedlings from 

 embyros of very early ripening peaches; (8) evaluate and 

 use material available such as peento or saucer fruit shape, 

 orange colored flesh, hardy trees, rootstocks, ornamentals, 

 edible seeds, etc.;' (9) maintain and assemble peach varieties 

 and selections; and, (lO) use promising mutant material from 

 high energy irradiation of peaoh plant material under project 

 366. 



Hort. 326 Coop. AEC 



Tex . Breeding and Rootstock Inq)rovement of Peaches and Plums . 

 To (1) develop and (2) test peaches having low chilling re- 

 quirements, and plums adapted to Texas, with emphasis on 

 early matxiring plums; (3) learn influence of rootstocks on 

 growth, blossoming, fruitfulness , and longevity of scion 

 variety of plums and peaches; {k) collect native species of 

 Priinus and grow to fruiting and \ise in breeding and rootstock 

 programs; and, (5) learn satisfactory method of propagating 

 different rootstocks. 

 Hort. 10 3!^ 



Va, Breeding New Varieties of Peaches £ind Nectarines Especially 



Adapted to Conditions in Virginia. To (1) test and distribute 

 promising selections developed at station; (2) develop peaches 

 having adaptability, handling and shipping qualities and all- 

 around ciiltural qualities of Elberta; (3) study peaches having 

 desirable character of tree and fruit mentioned, and ripening 

 six or more weeks before Elberta to a week after; {k) varieties 

 adapted for commerce and home; (5) peaches free from pubescence 

 by continuation of breeding efforts; and, (6) genetic studies 

 as an aid in hastening progress. 

 Hort. 8600i^ 



