Be Particular About Your Source of Trees 
Too often in the past when even a 
single new variety of fruit has heen in¬ 
troduced more than one variety has ac¬ 
tually heen distributed under the new 
name as in the case of tlie Wilma and 
Shipper’s Late Red peaches in recent 
years. 
Where as many as seven new varie¬ 
ties are introduced the chance for mix¬ 
tures and suhstitutions is greatly in¬ 
creased. In fact, it requires an acquaint¬ 
ance with the tree characters and per¬ 
sonal integrity on the part of the propa¬ 
gators if the varieties are to he kept 
distinct. 
The Source of Bud Wood 
Practical experienced fruit growers do 
not need to be told how important it is 
that nursery stock be propagated with 
buds cut from trees true-to-name. Unfor¬ 
tunately comparatively few persons can 
identify even a few varieties of peaches 
in the orchard. 
A period of not less than four summers 
as a rule is necessary to l)ring a commer¬ 
cial peach orchard into hearing. Four 
seasons of tillage, pruning, spraying, con¬ 
trol of pests and general care. What a 
disappointment and loss if the trees at 
that time prove to be a lot of misfits or 
have some serious weakness or disease! 
In these modern times it is important to 
know just who really grew the trees and 
where they were grown. The particular 
grower will not wish to plant trees that 
have been “jobbed around.” There is too 
much at stake. 
is of the Utmost Importance 
By cooperation with state service agen¬ 
cies the New Jersey Peach Council has 
devoted special attention to making cer¬ 
tain that the source of the bud wood of 
the new varieties is carefully selected 
from true-to-name trees. 
Freedom from Virus Disease 
Peach yellows was the disease most 
dreaded by peach growers for years. Now 
the danger is increased by additional 
virus diseases including little peach, 
phoney peach, red suture and the X dis¬ 
ease. All can be distributed by budding 
Root 
From a commercial standpoint, hardy, 
productive peach trees mean a hardy, 
healthy, vigorous root stock. Seedlings 
of some peaches make poor stocks be¬ 
cause the trees are more susceptible to 
collar rot and various root troubles. In 
recent years, some of the sources of peach 
seed have become more variable in type 
and quality and less dependable. Peach 
pits are sometimes collected from a great 
variety of tree types, including commer¬ 
cial varieties, which means a great varia- 
in the nursery row. The Peach Council 
has cooperated with state service agencies 
in doing everything possible to insure 
that the nursery stock offered for sale 
of the new varieties is free from virus 
diseases. 
Stocks 
tion in the vigor and type of trees which 
develop in the nursery and in the or¬ 
chard. The New Jersey Peach Council 
has not overlooked this situation. The 
peach stock offered for sale in the fall of 
1938 and in the spring of 1939 has heen 
grown from seed of a single varietal type 
secured from a region free from virus dis¬ 
eases such as yellows, little peach and 
the phoney disease. This tends to insure 
a healthy uniform type of root system 
upon all of the trees. 
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