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Close—was named in honor of the late C. P. Close, a former horticulturist 
at the Geneva Station and later, for many years, a federal pomologist, 
who was interested in the improvement of the apple thru breeding. The 
tree is a vigorous grower and annually productive. The fruit is large, 
round-oblong-conic, of the shape of Williams of which it is a seedling. 
It is well colored with a rather dark dull solid red. The season is as early 
as Crimson Beauty and a few of the apples ripen ahead of that variety. 
The quality is good but like Crimson Beauty the flavor is decidedly acid. 
It is primarily an apple for the roadside trade and requires spot picking 
over a short season. 
Waite—seems to be outstanding as a blight-resistant pear. Under severe test 
conditions this pear has never developed more than about 10 percent as 
much blight as Kieffer. The fruit is of the shape and size of Bartlett and 
ripens with Kieffer. The flesh is smooth without grit cells, juicy, with more 
of an acid flavor than Bartlett but excellent for cooking and canning and 
fair for table use. The tree is a rather slender, willowy grower, of moderate 
vigor. The blossoms produce little or no pollen so cross-pollination is 
essential. Under favorable pollination conditions it sets well and is a 
heavy cropper. 
NEW RED RASPBERRY 
+Milton—is being offered this year 1942 for the first time for trial 
as a late variety for market and home use. The berries are 
large, long conic, resembling those of the Taylor in size and 
shape. They are attractive, bright red, firm, not crumbling, 
mild subacid and good. It ripens two or three days later than 
Taylor and Latham. The plants are vigorous, productive and 
hardy. Milton has remained free from mosaic, in a test plant- 
ing, in the Hudson Valley where numerous other varieties 
soon become infected. This freedom from mosaic is an impor- 
tant reason why the seedling was named and introduced for 
more extensive testing by growers. 

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