| Show aid strawberry with wild ones IF four promising varieties are found suitable for home preserving by th united unite states department of 0 culture AU all the strawberries in the united states and most ot of those of tile world that Is the tame ones aie are descendants of two wild american strawberries one a native of the pacific coast and the other a native of the eastern united states there are many other wild strawberries however that did not take part in developing our present kinds in the untried wild ones may lurk buirl some valuable trait that can be bred into our domestic varieties which may make them even more desirable than they now ore are at any rate plant breeders bleeders bre eders are turning to the wild sorts for improving the strawberry especially to develop new types better adapted to such specific purposes as canning preserving and candy walting mailing four promising varieties george M darrow who Is in chargo charge of strawberry breeding work for or the united states of A alln tl turc fure his has already alread achieved some success c in this field from the thousands of crosses made lie has bus selected four promising varieties especially suited for preserving they are arc known only by number as yet and will need to be tested for adaptation before they can be recommended for planting the breeding of preserving sorts Is only begun he be says and every region will need its own particular variety technique of breeding the technique of breeding Is relatively simple mr darrow explains but the important and difficult part Is in making the selections to breed a new kind no matter for what purpose two parent varieties are crossed they may be wild or tame the pollen from the flower of one Is 13 placed on the pistil of 0 the flower of the other the seed cevelo developing p 1139 from such a cross la Is planted and every resultant seedling grown to fruiting age before selections are made it if there are three acres of seedlings in fruiting there may be kinds each different from the others from this enor amous number certain promising ones are saved and each Is propagated in a I 1 separate short row when they bear lt if there Is sufficient fruit canning and preserving tests testa are made of the more promising ones by canners and preservers with whom mr darrow has made operative cooperative co arrangements |
