A Survey of New Early-Coloring Red Sports of Delicious Apples

Abstract

This year, as perhaps never before, there is widespread interest and discussion among growers, processors and fruit handlers as to the possible merits of the various new early-coloring sports of Delicious. Therefore, an attempt has been made to tabulate all of the known of announced new Delicious bud sports. This information, as tabulated in Table I, presents the pertinent information for each of twenty-eight bud mutations affecting red skin color. Growers of field-men knowing of any additional ones now, or in the future, are urged to report them to the county agricultural agents or to the Horticultural Department of each state. This will facilitate work in evaluation studies and may uncover new strains of superior merit.