Midway is a yellow fleshed, freestone ripening atiout the end of the Halehaven 

 season. The tree is modpratoly vigorous tut a good jrodurnr. The fruit is large, 

 round, fairly well colored, attractive and freestone. The flesh is firm, has a 

 tendency to stringiness, is moderately Juicy, with fair to good flavor. It is not 

 quite so well colored as Kalehaven and not so good in flavor. So close to Eale>a.ven 

 its value is douhtful. 



S ullivan's Elhorta . This is a limti sport of Elherta which ripens ahout a wook 

 earlier. It is very popular in Georgia, It tore its first crop in Amherst last 

 stunmer. The fruit was large, round, well colored, attractive, and freestone with 

 light pubescence. It merits v;atching. 



Honey Dow Ha.le is a large, white fleshed, freestone ripening with Elhcrta, 

 Poor color, poor flavor and many odd shaped fruits are against it. Its value is 

 very douhtful. 



Halo Harrison Brilliant . This is a patented peach. It hore a light crop in 

 its third year. The fruit is large, round to o''"al, woll colored, attractive, and 

 freestone, Tlie flesh is yellow, firm, fine grained, modci-atcly juicy, with good to 

 excellent flavor. It ripened with Elhcrta "hut was "better flavored. 



Prairie Ramhler is a yellov/ fleshed, freestone from Illinois ripening two to 

 four days after Elherta. The tree is a fairly vigorous, upright grower and is very 

 productive. The fruit is large, round, fairly well colored and attractive. The 

 flesh is firm, a hit stringy, and medium Juicy, Flavor is fair with a tendency to 

 slight hitterness like Elherta, This is a large, not too highly colored freestone 

 with a little "better appearance and flavor than Elherta ripening in Afterglow season. 



Rio"Oso-G-em is another patented peach. Of several trees planted in 19^6 only 

 one survived in 1552 and t?.is was very small for its age. In I95I it hore a heavy 

 crop for its size. The fruit was large, round,^ freestone, and fairly attractive 

 although not too highJLy colored. The flesh is yellow, fine textured, firm, and 

 medium Juicy. Quality was fair at test. It ripened v;ith Elherta or later. It is 

 reported to be tender to cold. Lack of tree vigor is decidedly against this 

 variety. 



Eowler originated as a ch-ance seedling. The tree is large, vigorous, upright, 

 spreading and very productive hut was a little slow coming into hearing. The fruit 

 which ripens three or four days after Blherta is large, round, usua,lly well blushed 

 with red and attractive. The flesh is yellow, fine and smooth, unusually firm and 

 remains fii-m for some time. The skin is thick sjid tough with wry little fuzz. It 

 shotad ship and keep well. In spite of a flavor which is little better than falT and 

 a lack of high color in some seasons, this peach looks promising for Afterglow 

 season, 



Michigold and Kedcrest have been discarded; Michigold because it has had 

 consistently poor flesh texture and flavor; Redcrest because it develops an 

 internal breakdown around the pit. 



Two nectarines are under observation. Early Jlame is patented. It ripens 

 in early midaeason about with Red Haven, The frtiit is large for a nectarine, 

 round, quite well colored and attractive. The flesh is yellow, fine textured, firm 

 and quite Juicy, The sv/eet, aromatic flavor is «xcollent. Unfortunately, it is a 

 decided clingstone. 



