Plant Improved Varieties for Greater Production and Profit 



REDHAVEN (5) 



It looks like another 

 "GREAT COMMERCIAl, PEACH FROM SOUTH 

 HA^^N EXPERIMENT STATION" 

 BEAUTIFUIi COLOR, YELLOW FLESHED, FREE- 

 STONE, VERY FIRM, RIPENS 5 DAYS 

 BEFORE GOLDEN JUBILEE 



We congratulate those at South Haven Station on re- 

 leasing to the peach world another variety which has 

 promise of becoming one of our great commercial 

 peaches. REDHAVEN is a cross between Halehaven and 

 Kalhaven. We first observed this varietv in 1939 and 

 had our first fruits here in our test orchards in 1941. 

 It colors a brilliant red and beautiful vellow. Skin is 

 smooth, almost fuzzleess, resembling J. H. Hale in color, 

 skin and flesh. Flesh is very firm. Tree is vigorous with 

 heavy bud set and bears young. Fruits medium sized 

 and well filled when ready to pick, suture being rather 

 prominent until peach approaches picking period. Grow- 

 ers may be inclined to pick too earlv because of good 

 color and should watch this and when trees set too 

 heavy, thinning should be practiced to increase size 

 of the fruits. Trees are proving satisfactory in test 

 plantings over a wide area. 



1942 OBSERVATIONS OP THE REDHAVEN IN OFR 

 TEST ORCHARDS NEAR PRINCESS ANNE SHOW 

 THAT THE REDHAVEN will stand low temperatures. 

 Early January temperatures of 13 degrees below zero 

 almost wiped out some varieties, while REDHAVEN 

 set a full crop. The older tree set verv heavv and re- 

 quired thinning. It was again very drv in this section 

 during the growing and ripening season and this tree 

 with a full crop did not size its fruits satisfactorilv. 

 however, the fruits were attractive, firm and of- good 

 quality. The younger tree bearing its first fruits na- 

 turally did not set such a heavv crop and was more vig- 

 orous and the fruits on this tree sized well being "^M" 

 and were beautiful specimens. It seems to be de- 

 finitely a few days later than Fisher and the flesh is 

 flecked considerably with red, however, is more firm 

 and gives indication of being a good commercial peach 

 to ripen before Golden Jubilee. We recommend applving 

 fertilizer in early November or verv earlv Spring on 

 these early ripening types to help the earlv 'development 

 PRICES OF REDHAVEN SAME AS OTHER 



Mr. George Wurst, Sewell, N. J., and a Erly-Red-Fre 

 tree in its third growing season. His planting of Erly- 

 Red-Fre averaged Vz bushel to the tree their third 

 growing season, the fruits bringing fancy prices. Mr. 

 AVurst has made most of his planting since 1935 with 

 Bountiful Ridge trees and it is a pleasure indeed to see 

 how these orchards have developed. Reporting on his 

 1943 crop Mr. Wurst states: "Due to very cold spring 

 and late frosts my peach crop was light. Erly-Red-Fre 

 sold for good prices bringing $3.50 per % bushel for U.S. 

 No. 1 and ?3.25 for No. 2's. Erly-Red-Fre leads the 

 price field on early fruits." 



of the fruits, also thinning should be practiced on Red- 

 haven and Fisher when a heavy crop is set. 

 IT IS A PEACH ALL GROWERS SHOULD WATCH 

 AND MAKE TRIAL PLANTINGS OF AS A COMMER- 

 CIAL PEACH TO PRECEDE THE GOLDEN JUBILEE 

 AND HALEHAVEN. 



STANDARD VARIETIES LISTED ON PAGE 14 



The FISHER P'-ch 



US PLANT PAT; NO 233 



The Fisher Peach Is Hardy 

 — Medium to Large Size — 

 Higlily Colored With Hand- 

 some Appearance, Superb 

 Quality. 



Growers In All Peach Areas Can Realize Its Possibilities. Step Up Your Yellow Peach Season by 

 Planting Fisher Peach Trees Tliis Year. Ripens 5 to 10 Days Before Golden Jubilee. 



SEE COLOR ILLUSTRATION OF THE FISHER PEACH ON COVER PAGES 



HISTORY OF THE FISHER PEACH ity was above average, however the skin and flesh 



The FISHFR nearh was discovered as a bud snort of texture of the Fisher peach are such that we don't be- 



theVALIAN^ in ISeult 1934 near oSLLt^ Ontario ^ieve it should be planted heavily for shipment to mar- 



Can7da Mr Fisher found these SS wS'l formed ^^^ts SOO or more miles distant. Again we recommend 



nfache^' ^nlwin- on a single limb of a Valiant t?e?^in a well balanced fertilization program on this variety.- 



Ms orchard beili^attracfed to The ^^^^^^^ It is inclined to stick to the pit under certain growing 



that it was rfn?fin"full?S weeL Srftlfe vlli^^^^ conditions and again our recommendation is that it be 



pefchl's '^ortirre^^/t^ItlrtLu'Jnl^ jj-ted at GO ft^ or mo^e elevation and in light gravel 



cial possibilities of a peach of this type and season. Mr. ""^tsBelutiful Color larle size and the clear vellow 



Fisher's next concern was whether the fruit would car- "f teautitu^l Color large size a^^^^ 



ry through to succeeding generations. To test it as ^^^K^^^L hi?? variet es vTt introduced to precede the 



quickly as possible he top worked a two year old Val- '(^.^..Zl j\^uull r^^Jnh ^ introduced to preceae tut 



iant tree with 12 buds from the Sport limb the first wJkning^ The Fisher Peach is a patented varietv 



I'^ly c^?:'S%%'!nd tl7e'peac^heT\lSplS"a"s 1^ v wllU^'^ann^t- be'^^p^ro^poga^d'^To? an/ p^frpJsl'br any^ 



diSTn \934'^ T^e'par?nt^imb ^rep^eafed^wifra ' ine crop "Xe^^^'.'li^? tit ^"^horized growers and distributors. 



in 1936 and the top worked tree set a crop which re- ^^i^^es are per tree. 



quired thinning, the remaining peaches on the top All prices are net f.o.b., Princess Anne, Md. 



worked tree developed exactly as those on the Parent Write for prices on larger quantities. 



limb. 



Observations of the FISHER PEACH on fruiting trees NEW PRICES OX FISHER PEACH TREES 



in the TEST Orchards of the Bountiful Ridge Nur- ]^.f) 10-49 50-299 



series near Princess Anne in 1942: , , <tO ^~ 49 Q^ "CI^T^f^ 



Abontmally low temperatures during early January 'Jiimoo ,>z. <o .>z.do Jt>±.<0 



with three successive nights registering 8-13-11 degrees 5 to 6'. 11/16 np 1.75 1.40 .95 



below zero gave the Fisher as well as all varieties in i ^-^ r.? Q.-\-\ /-\a 1 "iO 1 90 SO 



our test orchard a real test and we are glad to report ^ 1" ,,' '^"^ /^ ^o■' ^"ri^ 'n^ 



the Fisher CAME THROUGH WITH A FINE CROP -^ tO 4, <-9/lb 1.2.J l.Oo .70 



WHICH REQUIRED THINNING, while some of the 2 to 3'. 5-7/16 1.10 .90 .60 



more tender varieties were frozen out. Fruits developed 9 <-„ o^ i/j -^/ift 1 nn qh X?^ 



well with definite lack of moisture during growing 7 , ^ o, • f oil "S-- "52 



season and we harvested some handsome fruits. Qual- 1^ to 24 iiiclies .80 .bo .45 



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