PLANT niPKOVED VARIETIES FOR GREATER PRODUCTION AND PROFIT 



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REDHAVEN ^ 



NOW A TRIED AND PROVEN WINNER OF ITS SEASON 



IT IS A PEACH ALL GROWERS SHOULD MAKE PLANTINGS AS A COMMERCIAL PEACH TO 

 PRECEDE THE GOLDEN JUBILEE AND HALEHAVEN 



Grower Reports From The Central And Northern Areas Place Redhaven Among 

 The Best For Its Season. Beautiful Color — Firmness — High Quality- 

 Plus Good Consumer Demand Add Popularity For This Peach. 



REDHAVEN is a cross between Halehaven and Kalhaven. 

 We first observed tliis variety in 19o9 and had our first 

 fruits here in our test orchards in 1941. It colors a brilliant 

 red and beautiful yellow. Skin is smooth, almost fuzless, 

 re^^emblinfr .1. II. Hale in color, skin and flesh. Flesh is 

 very firm. Tree is vij^orous with heavy bud set and bears 

 younjj. Fruits medium sized and well filled when ready to 

 pitk. suture beinj? rather i)romiuent until peach approaches 

 pickinjr period. Growers may be inclined to pick too early 

 because of good color and should watch this and when 

 trees set too heavy, thinning should be practiced to increase 

 size of the fiuits. Trees are proving satisfactory in test 

 plantings over a wide area. 



OIUSERVATIONS OF THE REDHAVEN IN OUR TEST 

 ORCHARDS NEAR PRINCESS ANNE SHOW THAT THE 

 REDHAVEN will stand low temperatures. Early January 

 temperatures of 13 degrees below zero almost wiped out 

 son^e varieties while REDHAV^EN set a full crop. The 

 younger tree bearing its first fruits naturally did not set 

 such a heavy crop and was more vigorous and the fruits on 

 this tree sized ui» well being 2Vi" and were beautiful 

 sptKiimens. It sei'Uis to be definitely a few days later than 

 Fisher and the flesh is flecked considerably with red, how- 

 ever, is more firm and gives indication of being a good 

 commercial peach to ripen before Golden Jubilee. We rec- 

 ommend ai)plying fertilizer in early November or very early 

 Spring on these early ripening types to help the early de- 

 velopment of the fruits also thinning should be practiced 

 on Redhaven and Fisher when a heavy crop is set. 



DIXIGEM <3") 



A Worthy Companion of The Redhaven. Step-uJ) Your 



Peach Season With This Fine Early Freestone Variety. 



Will Ship Anywhere. 



Our observations and reports for 1950 and 1951 seasons 

 indicate Dixigem will <lo well in most northern locations. 



Orchardists who fruited it this past season are very en- 

 thusiastic about its fine color, good size and remarkable 

 firmness when tree ripe. 



The DIXIGEM ripens several days ahead of the Golden 

 Jubilee or about with Early Rose, Fisher and Redhaven. 

 The fruit is medium size, ovate with light pubescence and 

 a bright, attractive red blush covering about half the sur- 

 face. The ground color is a bright yellow. The flesh is 

 yellow, medium to firm, having fine texture and excellent 

 flavor. It is almost a freestone when fully ripe and is us- 

 ually semi free at shipping stage. 



The trees of Dixigem have been \igorous and productive, 

 sometimes requiring thinning of fruit, but generally do not 

 tend to overbear. While Dixigem has mostly been fruited 

 in Georgia and other nearby southern states, its character- 

 istics of early ripening season, good size, near freestone, 

 high quality, attractive appearance and good tree growth, 

 recommend it for trial as an early yellow shipping varie- 

 ty for aJl peach growing sections. It shows possibilities 

 of stepping up our yelloAV peach season with a good com- 

 mercial variet.v. 



NOTE: DIXIGEM — Trees available on Nematode Resist- 

 ant Root Stock. § .10 extra per tree. See Page 20. 



PEACH TREES ARE STILL, IN SHORT SUPPLY 



Reports on supplies for 1951-1952 season again indicate 

 shortages in many varieties. We advise all growers to 

 jirotect their planting needs at the earliest time. Order 

 Early — Don't Wait. 



More Erly-Red-Fre Trees To Texas 



Weatherford, Texas 

 Dear Sirs : 



I have some of your Erly-Red-Fre and they have proved 

 to be a wonderful peach, so please quote to me the price 

 you could sell me 2 or 300 or more of them in the sizes of 

 18-24" or 2-3' to be shipped by express when weather per- 

 mits. Yours truly, 



S. M. McCarthy 



Edward Swisher, Jr., Levels, W. Va., standing: beside one 

 of his fine bearing strain apple trees — September 1950. 



^ JERSEYLAND (3) 



A NEW EARLY VARIETY TO PRECEDE 



GOLDEN JUBILEE 



Introduced by the N. J. Peach Council as an early, large 

 firm, attractive yellow-fleshed freestone ripening a few days 

 before Golden Jubilee. It hangs well to the tree and is 

 an excellent shipper. Tree is hardy, sets fruit buds freely 

 and comes into bearing early. Recommended for trial in 

 sections where peaches are profitable. Tree supply very 

 limited. 



THE FISHER PEACH 



U. S. Plant Pat. No. 233 



The FISPIER peach was discovered as a bud sport of 

 the VALIANT in August 1934, near Queenstown, Ontario, 

 Canada. Mr. Fisher found these large, well formed peaclies 

 growing on a single limb of a Valiant tree in his orchard, 

 being attracted to the peach from the fact it was rii)ening 

 fully weeks before the Valiant peaches on the rest of the 

 tree. 



Quality above average, however the skin and flesh texture 

 of the Fisher peach are such that we don't believe it should 

 be planted heavily for shipment to markets 800 or more 

 miles distant. Again we recommend a well balanced fer- 

 tilization program on this variety. It is inclined to stick 

 to the pit under certain growing conditions and again our 

 recommendation is that it be planted at GO ft. or more 

 elevation and in light gravel or shale soils for best success. 



Its beautiful color, large size and the clear yellow flesh 

 and superb quality will establish the Fisher as one of the 

 most satisfactory varieties to precede the Golden Jubilee 

 peach. 



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