BRIEF ACCURATE FACTS ABOUT THE VARIETIES 
An Outstanding New Nectarine 
Garden State 
(U. S. Plant Patent 92) 
The nectarine is a horticultural varia¬ 
tion of the peach which is centuries old. 
It is not a hybrid between the peach and 
the plum as is often erroneously stated. 
It is sometimes called a fuzzless peach 
because the skin is as free of pubescence 
as the plum. The pit or stone resembles 
that of a peach. The nectarine has been 
comparatively little cultivated because 
the fruit of the varieties available is too 
small and it has been difficult for growers 
to obtain large enough yields of large, 
smooth fruit. 
The Fruit is Large 
The Garden State Nectarine overcomes 
these faults to a remarkable degree. In 
fact, it is a greater improvement over the 
available varieties of nectarines for the 
East than the Golden Jubilee peach was 
over such peach varieties as Greensboro. 
The fruit outclasses in size, color and 
quality all other named nectarines on the 
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Sta¬ 
tion grounds, including Cardinal, Lord 
Napier, Surecrop, Goldmine and Hunter. 
At New Brunswick, N. J., in 1938, one 
tree produced 6.5 sixteen quart baskets 
of fruit, or more than three bushels. Well 
developed specimens are two inches in 
diameter and above. 
It Colors Early 
The fruit attains an orange-yellow un¬ 
dercolor, overspread with red, several 
days before the fruit is firm ripe, making 
it an excellent shipping variety. It is a 
fit companion in this respect to such mod¬ 
ern peaches as Sunhigh and Goldeneast. 
It ripens at about the same season as the 
Goldeneast and Hiley peaches and hangs 
well to the tree. 
Garden State Nectarine 
The tree is a vigorous grower with dis¬ 
tinctive leaf characters. It is medium 
hardy and apparently adapted to regions 
with a climate similar to central and 
southern New Jersey. 
The Japanese beetle consumed the fruit 
of such nectarines as Cardinal, Lord Na¬ 
pier and Flaming Gold before they even 
became ripe enough to pick for market 
in 1938 at New Brunswick, in spite of 
good spraying. The Garden State, on the 
other hand, became firm ripe before the 
beetles began to attack them. 
Nectarines require the highest 
grade of cultural skill . 
including the selection of the 
orchard site, fertilization, 
spraying and thinning of the 
fruit. 
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