VARIETIES OF PEACHES FOR MASSACHUSETTS 



Variety 



Recommended for 



Color 



Harvesting Season 



Sunrise T 



Erly-Red-Fre C & H 



Sunhaven T 



Coronet T 



Jerseyland C & H 



Raritan Rose C & H 



Redhaven C & H 



Goldgem T 



Triogem C & H 



Sunhigh C 



Halehaven C & H 



Richhaven T 



Garden State (Nectarine) C & H 



Summercrest C 



Blake T 



Elberta C & H 



Fowler T 



Y 

 W 

 Y 

 Y 

 Y 

 W 

 Y 

 Y 

 Y 

 Y 

 Y 

 Y 

 Y 

 Y 

 Y 

 Y 

 Y 



-hi 

 -40 

 -39 

 -32 

 -31 

 -28 

 -24 

 -23 

 -18 

 -16 

 -16 

 -10 



- 9 



- 6 

 



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T - Trial Y - Yellow Flesh - - Days before Elberta 



H - Home Garden W - White Flesh / - Days after Elberta 



C - Commercial Elberta about Sept. 15 



Varieties so marked are not necessarily equally adapted to all sections of 



the state. 



Sunrise 



Variety Notes 



Attractive yellow peach of good quality for its season; clings 

 unless tree-ripe. 



Erly-Red-Fre 



Tree large and productive. Fruit medium to large, attractive, 

 fine textured, white flesh, freestone, flavor excellent. Bud 

 hardiness above average. 



Sunhaven Tree hardy and productive. Fruit attractive, highly colored, 

 good quality, variable in size. 



Coronet Very attractive, highly colored peach. Fifuit quality excellent. 



Jerseyland Tree large, upright, very productive. Bud hardiness above average, 

 Fruit firm, juicy, excellent flavor, freestone. 



Raritan Rose 



Tree large, upright-spreading, productive. Bud hardiness above 

 average. Fruit large, round, attractive; flesh juicy, firm. 



Redhaven Tree tall, upright, very productive. Fruit medium size, highly 

 colored; flesh firm, fair flavor. Requires heavy thinning. 



Goldgem 



Large yellow fleshed peach. Fruit firmer and more attractive 

 than Golden Jubilee. Description based on performance in New 

 Jersey. 



