A CATALOG OF NEW FRUITS 
1955-1956 
MOSTLY ORIGINATED AT THE NEW YORK STATE 
AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 
ORGANIZATION AND PURPOSE OF THE NEW YORK STATE 
BRUIT TESTING COOPERALIVE ASSOCIATION; INC: 
The New York State Fruit Testing Cooperative Association, Inc., was 
organized in 1918 for the purpose of introducing for testing new fruits 
recommended as worthy of trial by the New York State Agricultural Experi- 
ment Station. No funds have ever been appropriated for the support of 
this Association and therefore a sufficient charge must be made for nursery 
stock to cover expenses. The Association has grown steadily with a mem- 
bership today of about 3,500, representing 48 States and many foreign 
countries. 
The only requirement for membership is that the tester must have an inter- 
est in new fruits. An annual fee of $1.00 is levied, the fiscal year commenc- 
ing September first. Paid-up members are entitled to a credit of $1.00 as a 
premium. Premiums are not allowed to accumulate. Each member receives 
the annual catalog and notification of the annual meeting. This meeting is 
held each year at Geneva the third Thursday of September and features a 
large exhibit of new fruits, conducted tours of Station plantings and a pro- 
gram of talks by fruit specialists. 
This Association has done great service in the past in helping to determine 
the merits of new fruits. Members are today rendering a real service to the 
fruit industry by growing, testing, and reporting on these newer varieties. 
Unfortunately a few assume that all introductions herein listed are being 
recommended as commercial varieties. Such an attitude defeats the purpose of 
this organization. We try to give a brief description, based on available data, 
of the performance of these varieties at Geneva. The strong and weak points 
of each variety are presented. Under other conditions of soil and environment 
they may perform much better or not as well as with us. Progress reports are 
always welcome. The sum total of members’ experience together with our 
own records will largely determine future recommendations. 
