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WHAT'S NEW
IN TREE FRUIT !
VARIETIES
- By Georg* D. OberU
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Amoung fruit growers the interest in new varieties of fruits is perenni&L The high prices at which large numbers of judiciously advertised new varieties are sold each year testifies to this. To be sure many of the new kinds so introduced soo~ drop out of sight after the self-interest of the introducers ceases to keep them before the public. On the other hand, a relatively small proportion find lasting places if usefulness in areas or localities where thleir special adtip ability to local conditions has been proved by test. The Virginia Agricultural Experim»nt Station is developing at Blacksburg large variety collectiohs of the tree fruits and other fruits for the specific purpose of
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