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NOTES ON NKirER PEAR VARIETIES 



Cayuga - Medium sized, greenish-yellow with light blush. Fairly attractive. 

 Good quality but has thick tough skin. Harvest early September. 



Clyde - Much like Seckel in color and shape but considerably larger than 

 Seckel. Appears to be only fair in quality, but a good keeper. 

 Harvest early October, ■ 



Cope's Seedless - Medium size, yellowish green, attractive, good quality, 



juicy, fine grained, some tendency to russet. Has few seeds • 

 Harve s t mid-Septerabe r . 



Covert - Large, green, fairly attractive, good quality, juicy, keeps well in 

 storage. Harvest latter part of September or early October. 



Ewart - Large, yellowish green, unattractive, good quality, juicy, fine 

 grained, thick skin. Harvest middle to last of September, 



Ovid - Medium size, yellovfish green, light blush, fairly attractive, good 

 quality, tendency to russet, thick skin, keeps well in storage. 

 Harvest early October. 



Phelps - Medium size, yellowish green, unattractive, fair quality, rather 

 acid. Keeps well in storage. Harvest early October. 



Pulteney - Medium size, yellowish green, unattractive, flesh fine grained, 



fair quality, moderately juicy, rather tart, keeps well in storage. 

 Harvest late Septeigber. 



Waite - Medium size, greenish yellow, fairly attractive, quality only fair, 

 not juicy, tendency to brovming at core. Harvest early October. 



V/illard - Large, green, unattractive, fair quality, juicy, flesh coarse, 

 shrivels in storage. Harvest middle of October. 



— 0. C. Roberts 



— J, F. Anderson 



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HARDY PEACHES FOR FiASSACHUSETIS 



For many years one of the first questions asked about a variety of peach for 

 Massachusetts has been, "is it bud hardy in winter?". In spite of this emphasis 

 on bud hardiness, nearly all of the really hardy varieties have been discarded for 

 one reason or another. In other words the hardiness situation in the present^ peach 

 growing sections of the State is not so critical that just any' peach will, dQ.iif:,. the 

 buds cah--- survive an unusually cold vfinter. In this connection, it must be admitted 

 that with some varieties it is necessary to sacrifice a good deal in the way of 

 other desirable characteristics to obtain a relatively slight increase in hardiness 

 — the ability to withstand one or two, or at the most, three degrees lower 

 temperature. 



there are many situations in the State where a slight increase in hardiness 

 might greatly increase the chance for successful peach growing. Growers realize 

 this and are asking for information about hardy varieties. 



