Ripening Sea so n of Peach Vt^ricties in Massc^ chu set ts 



The census figures for 1935 show a. sharp decrease in the number of both 

 bearing i^nd non bearing peach trees in Massachusetts. This decrease has two 

 principal causes. (1) growers have become discouru.ged by the difficulties and 

 have not been planting peaches, (2) the cold winter of 1933 and 1934 killed a 

 great many trees. For those hardy souls who have the courage: to plant peaches, 

 the follovidng graph shows ripening season of the various varieties. The bars 

 extend from the average first date to the average last datu of picking. The x 

 at each end indicates the earliest and the latest date on vifhich the variety was 

 picked. In most cases the averages include four years, in a few only two or three. 



August September 



1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 



Greensboro x 



Buttercup x 



*Mikuoio X* 



*l::<uri,it/i€l X 



Rosebud X 

 *Oriole 



*Golden Jubilee 



Carman 



Pioneer 



?elicious 



Radiance 



Gumleerland 



Eclipse 



Goldeneast 

 *Halehaven 



Valiant 



Veteran 



Primrose 

 *Belle 



X X 



X X 



X. X 



X X 



X 



X 



X X 



X 



X 

 X 



■*£lberta 

 *Hale 



X 

 X 



■^Varieties recommunded for planting in Massachusetts 

 ___Average picking dates 

 X Extremes 



