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VARIETIES OF PEACHES FOR MASSACHUSETTS 



J . F . Anderson 

 Department of Plant and Soil Sciences 



Var i ety 



Recommended for 



Flesh col or 



Harvest date* 



Col 1 i ns 



Sunrise 



Erly-Red-Fre 



Sunhaven 



Sunshine 



Jerseyl and 



Raritan Rose 



Redhaven 



Gol dgem 



Tri ogem 



Sunhigh 



Summerqueen 



Hal ehaven 



Ri chhaven 



Redqueen 



Madi son 



Cresthaven 



Elberta 



T - Trial 

 H - Home Garden 

 C - Commercial 

 Varieties so 



T Y 



C Y 



C + H W 



C Y 



T Y 



C + H Y 



C + H W 



C + H Y 



C Y 



C + H Y 



C Y 



T Y 



C + H Y 



C Y 



T Y 



T Y 



T Y 



C Y 



Y - Yellow flesh 



W - White flesh 



-46 

 -44 

 -42 

 -40 

 -34 

 -32 

 -31 

 -28 

 -24 

 -23 

 -18 

 -18 

 -16 

 -16 

 -14 



- 7 



- 7 

 



marked are not 



*- - Days before 

 Elberta 

 Elberta about 9/15 

 necessarily equally adapted to all 



sections of the state. 



Varietv Notes 

 Collins 



A firm medium-sized, yellow -fleshed peach. Semi-cling when 

 picked for maximum shipping condition and a freestone when fully 

 mature. The tree is bud-hardy, vigorous and productive. 



Sunrise 



An attractive, yel 1 ow-fl eshed peach of good quality for its 

 season. The pit clings unless tree ripe. Sunrise is average in 

 bud hardiness. 



Erly-Red-Fre 



An attractive, freestone, white-fleshed peach of medium to 

 large size. The flavor is excellent. The tree is vigorous and 

 above average in bud hardiness. 



Sunhaven 



An attractive,, highly colored peach of good quality. The 

 fruit is variable in size, medium to large. The tree is produc- 

 tiveandaboveaverageinbudhardiness. 



