Correspondence with other breeders and researchers, notably L. Decourtye; Dr Hams (of Boots), re co operative research into apple scab and collection of samples from across the UK
requests for material, progress of and opinions on selections etc. [much is Watkin Williams as Head of Department] Also Extracts of NFT Progress Reports 1951, 1952 relating to JI selections.
Mostly re apple breeding, also ribes, blackberry, cherry compatibility. Specific topics include viruses.
With AG Brown's corrections; report on PD Mii?'s visit to plant breeding institutions in USA, Canada, UK (including JII; mainly re raspberry breeding)
Abundance of flowering of named varieties and JI seedlings each year.
Working notes and typescript article (AG Brown/ Don Smith) 'Juvenility in apples and pears'. Includes effect of mildew on age of bearing, literature review on effect of rootstocks.
letters from AWS Hunter and Lloyd Spangelo of Genetics & Plant Breeding Research Institute, Ottawa. Short paper 'Shortening of the Juvenile Stage of Apple Seedlings', describing procedures in experiment at Dept. Horticulture, Macdonald College, under CD Taper.
Pedigree showing use of malus to improve resistance of cultivated apples.