HARVESTING SEQUENCES OF NEW PEACH VARIETIES 



W. D. Weeks 

 Department of Plant and Soil Sciences 



The following new varieties are listed in their approximate order 

 of harvesting: 



Sunrise 



Sunhaven 



Coronet 



Goldgem 



Washington 



Richhaven 



Glohaven 



Redqueen 



Cresthaven 

 Madison 

 Blake 



Jerseyqueen 

 Jefferson 



This list provides a harvesting season of about 7 weeks, commencing 

 with Sunrise, which is '+4 days ahead of Elberta and ending with Jefferson, 

 which is 3 or M- days past Elberta. Descriptions of these varieties have 

 appeared in past issues of Fruit Notes. 



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PLUM VARIETY EVALUATION - 1965 



J. F. Anderson 

 Department of Plant and Soil Sciences 



The following is a report of the performance of some plum varieties 

 in our Amherst orchards in the summer of 1965. Of these, Formosa, Santa 

 Rosa, Yakima and Stanley are currently recommended for commercial plant- 

 ing. Growers planning a new plum orchard must give consideration to the 

 problem of pollination. To insure successful pollination, it is advis- 

 able to plant more than one variety of a particular type: namely, two 

 or more Japanese varieties or two or more European varieties. Readers 

 are referred to Special Circular No. 21+7 for a more complete discussion 

 of the pollination problem. 



Burmosa A Japanese type plum introduced by the California Experiment 

 Station. The tree is small in size, medium in vigor and 

 tends toward biennial production. The fruit is attractive, 

 yellow with a bright red blush, becoming completely overlaid 

 with red, medium to large in size, of good quality and a free- 

 stone. The fruit was ripe about July 23, and held well in 

 storage, Burmosa appears promising. 



