Jerseyqueen is a New Jersey peach which was introduced to replace 

 Elberta. Fruits are well colored, being bright red, large, round 

 and firm. Flesh is yellow with very good mild flavor. The fruits 

 of Jerseyqueen hold up very well in shipping and handling. It 

 ripens with Elberta. 



Jefferson is another of Virginia's introductions which has blos- 

 soms that are resistant to spring frosts. The fruits are large 

 and well colored. The flesh is yellow and comparable to that of 

 J.H. Hale in firmness and flavor. Jefferson ripens two to three 

 days after El berta . 



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RECENT SMALL FRUIT INTRODUCTIONS 



James F. Anderson 

 Department of Plant and Soil Sciences 



Two blueberry varieties, Lateblue and Elizabeth were 

 introduced in 1967. Neither of these has been tested in our Uni- 

 versity plantings and the following notes are taken from the intro- 

 ducers' descriptions. We have fruited the Gala strawberry. 



Lateblue was introduced by the U.S.D.A. and the New Jersey Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station. The plants are erect, vigorous and 

 consistently productive. The fruit is borne in medium-sized clus- 

 ters. The berries are highly flavored, firm, light blue in color 

 and have small stem scars. They are smaller and ripen about one 

 week after Coville. One of its outstanding features is simultan- 

 eous ripening of fruit in a short period of time. 



Elizabeth was developed by the late Miss Elizabeth White and was 

 introduced by the New Jersey Cultivated Blueberry Council, Inc. 

 It has an unusually long picking season. The berry color is a med- 

 ium blue and its size very large being about equal to Herbert. 

 Its dessert quality and flavor are rated as excellent. It is very 

 sweet and aromatic. The clusters are very loose and easily picked. 

 The scar is small. Elizabeth is similar to Coville in vigor and 

 growth habit. The plant is said to be a good producer and to be 

 hardy. Elizabeth appears to thrive best on moderately peaty soils 

 and is not recommended on very sandy soils 



Gala was introduced in 1966, by the New York Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station. It is a very early ripening variety. As grown in 

 our plots, the berries were medium in size, moderately firm, slight- 

 ly rough and irregular in shape. The plants were vigorous and mod- 

 erately productive. Though the variety did not appear to be prom- 

 ising as grown under our conditions, growers desiring a y^ry early 

 ripening variety may find it worthy of trial. 



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