Show roun d 0 arc ird developing NEW FRUITS IS URGED future of industry depends on higher quality if the new york grape growers wish to remain in the grape business their future Is dependent upon the development of more productive and higher qu quality ailcy varieties says say if prof richard wellington chief of research at the geneva experiment station this statement applies as well to all other fruits for the day of keen apen competition has arrived and only those who grow a superior product will I 1 remal remain n at the top it Is not a question of more barf h t v ato apt 1 l wv tho highest purpose no no one can question that the production of pears equal to the bartlett in size and quality and extending from the earliest to the latest season would be of bf great 5 benefit to indus try only the production of mosina resistant resl stant varieties of red raspberries rasp berries can put that industry on its feet according to professor wellington tin alnie 1 e will tell it if the newburgh variety wi will ai meet these requirements in part during the past forty years the geneva experiment station has collected fruits from various parts of the world that might have any possible value no fruit has been obtained that fulfills all the requirements of a good variety many possess valuable characters such as good size high flav flavor orand and color long keeping quality freedom from insect pests and disease pro proper er time of maturity and hardiness of plant and floral organs many new combinations have been obtained which promise to be of commercial value As an example professor wellington cited the golden muscat grape which was obtained from a cross between the diamond and the muscat hamburg bamburg tills this variety inherited the high productiveness large clusters find and the delicate muscat aroma of its european parent and the hardiness of its american parent if this grape were black instead of a golden yellow if it ripened a little earlier and if it had a tougher skin for shi shipping it would be invaluable professor wellington said several grapes like the olden golden 1 muscat show promise and there are still many promising seedlings that are too new and whose merit Is yet lun known unknown |