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Apple and Pear Scab
AGB/1/4/41 · Item · 1913-1951
Part of A Gavin Brown collection

Descriptive bibliography 'Scab Disease of Apples' (Cornell University, Bulletin 335, Sept. 1913. Annotated typescript report: WR Stanton 'Studies in Venturia Pirina. Greenhouse inoculation experiments for 1951'

AGB/1/4/3 · Item · 1955-1966
Part of A Gavin Brown collection

Correspondence with North American researchers re apple scab and mildew programme: exchange of samples, reporting of results. Also apple pigments and related interests; mention of work on peaches (1956).

Apple Genetics
AGB/1/4/23 · Item · n.d. [c1960-1970]
Part of A Gavin Brown collection

Notes and scoring: inherited characteristics, incl. russet skin, flavour, fruit shape. Graph showing cropping of Merton Worcester over 7 years. Tetraploid apple crosses. Apple seed size.

Apple Mildew
AGB/1/4/36 · Item · 1956-1966
Part of A Gavin Brown collection

Mildew resistance ratings of scab resistant apple selections, existing varieties and rootstocks, (mainly 1958-1961). List of varieties grouped by level of resistance. Typescript paper 'The Inheritance of Mildew Resistance in Progenies of the Cultivated Apple' and associated correspondence (submitted to Journal of the Horticultural Society 1958) with referees comments.