. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. 3r. H. F. Bergman ^robably Back for rhis Summer setter Indicates Massachu- setts Cranberry Work Will Be Continued, with Another in Active Part Later. Dr. H. F. Bergman, who has )een engaged in cranberry research since 1929, and who was trans- ferred to work in Washington re- â ently by the United States De- jartment of Agriculture, and about ,vhom an article appeared last nonth, will probably be returned 0 handle cranberry work at the 5ast Wareham (Mass.) Experi- nent Station this coming summer, riowever, after that Dr. Bergman nay
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. 3r. H. F. Bergman ^robably Back for rhis Summer setter Indicates Massachu- setts Cranberry Work Will Be Continued, with Another in Active Part Later. Dr. H. F. Bergman, who has )een engaged in cranberry research since 1929, and who was trans- ferred to work in Washington re- â ently by the United States De- jartment of Agriculture, and about ,vhom an article appeared last nonth, will probably be returned 0 handle cranberry work at the 5ast Wareham (Mass.) Experi- nent Station this coming summer, riowever, after that Dr. Bergman nay only be engaged in Massachu- setts cranberry work in an advis- )ry capacity, a new man being ap- )ointed to do the active work. This information is contained in 1 letter to Homer L. Gibbs, presi- lent of the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers' Association, from Dr. J. i. Magness, Head Horticulturist J. S. Bureau of Fruits and Vege- ables. Mr. Gibbs, acting for the rape growers' association, visited Dr. Magness while in Washington with the insecticide committee. Mr. Gibbs expressed the apprecia- tion of the growoi-s in the work of Dr. Bergman and the hope that Dr. Bergman might continue to do research woi'k foi' the industry. The letter says it is definitely felt the work on the diseases of cranberries i n Massachusetts should be continued, and also the important work on tests of prom- ising selections from the cranberry breeding work. In this respect Dr. Magness says preliminary re- sults indicate some of these selec- tions may be superior to existing varieties from the standpoint of productiveness and perhaps from the standpoint of resistance to de- cay also. The letter further says it is hoped the Cape association will be in a position "not ^ater than a year from now to provide a suitable location for making at least rod-square tests of these se- ; It is hoped, the letter says, in the not too distant future to place a younger man in Massachusetts, who, with Dr. B
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