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should he selected for planting la orchards where the development of satisfactory color his been shown to be a problem. Several distinct color sports fcavfc. been found for some varieties. There may be some question as to which particular red strain is best adapted to Virginia conditions. In general, however, the differences between the highly colored strains of a given variety are not great and all of them are superior to the standard strain of that variety.
Growers of Staymans have suffered heavy losses during 1348, 1949 and 1950, because of severe cracking of the fruit. This defect has been known in Stayman for many years but usually occurs ra-v ther infrequently. Its occurrence in three successive years has rais-' ed the question of what causes this defect, what if anything may
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