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is yellow fleshed, semi-cling to free, very good quality, probably a little 

 hardier than Elberta in bud. It is worthy of trial although its tendency 

 to cling and nearness to Halehaven season may eliminate it. 



Goldeneast is a beautiful, extra large, fine flavored, yellow free- 

 stone. A few may have a place on unusually favorable sites but in general 

 the buds are a little too tender for Massachusetts* 



Red Rose (Hale x Delicious), another of the nev;-er introductions from 

 New Jersey, is white fleshed, freestone, of good quality,, usually firm but 

 sometimes soft and stringy. It yields well and is said to be hardy in New 

 Jersey. 



< Pacemaker (Hale x Marigold), a recent New Jersey introduction, is a 

 very attractive, yellow fleshed, freestone, of very good quality but is prob- 

 ably too tender in bud for Massachusetts, 



Summe rcrest (Hale x Cumberland), also recently introd«eed by Nev/ Jer- 

 sey, is a yellow' fleshed freestone of very good quality. It is fairly at- 

 tractive although at times it does not color up well. It is said to be better 

 on soils not too high in fertility. It yields well but the fruit does not 

 hang to the tree well, Buds are fairly hardy but not up to Greensboro or 

 Carman, 



Kalha ven (Hale x Kalamazoo), a recent introduction from Michigan, 

 is yellow fleshed, freestone with a tendency to cling, fair flavored, and 

 yields v;ell, Michigan reports it to be above average in hardiness. It is 

 in the same season as Sumraercrest. So far Summercrest has the edge but 

 Kalhaven seems worthy of trial. 



Sun go Id originated as a chance seedling in lov/a and is said to have 

 borne a crop after withstanding -25° F. It is a yellow fleshed, freestone, 

 of very good quality. It sets heavy crops and needs considerable thinning. 

 The fruit is medium size or a little larger. The tree is a semi-dwarf like 

 J. H. Hale. It seems worthy of trial. 



Vfhite Hale (Hale open pollinated) is a large, round attractive free- 

 stone - a Hale tj'pe with white flesh. Thus far the quality has not been too 

 good. Its season is probably after Elberta rather than before as shown on 

 the chart which represents only two crops, one of which ripened abnormally 

 early. 



F ertile Hale is supposedly a self-fertile sport of the self-sterile 

 J, H. Hale. Since fertile sports of Hale have been reported from three 

 states, they may no't all be the same. The variety as it appears in the 

 College Orchard has not been very impressive. 



Afterglow (Hale by N. J. seedling) is a yellow fleshed, fairly at- 

 tractive freestone, better in quality than Elberta, It yields well and is 

 hardier than Elberta. The normal ripening season is probably slightly later 

 than shown in the chart, 



— J. S. Bailey 



