Halehaven 
FERTILE HALE (La Duke) —This new Greening 
introduction, as the name implies is a Hale 
which is self-fertile thereby does not require 
cross pollination. Fruit growers everywhere 
have been asking for a Hale peach that would 
produce profitable crops. Greenings again 
answered the call by producing through Bud 
Selection, a Fertile Hale peach which will 
produce full crops of beautiful large Hales, 
entirely free from the so-called “buttons” so 
prevalent in crops of J. H. Hale. The trees are 
far more vigorous and hardier in bud than J. H. 
Hale. The fruit matures from three to seven days 
after J. H. Hale. Test trees of Fertile Hale at 
the Michigan State Experiment Station, came 
through again this year with a crop, when J. H. 
Hale and Elberta had a crop failure, which 
again proves the extreme hardiness for this re¬ 
markable new variety. Color yellow, with deep 
carmine blush. Good shipper. A handsome 
peach and a splendid market variety. This variety 
should by all means be included in every orchard 
planting. 
FITZGERALD (Overhiser) —An improvement 
over the Early Crawford in that it is hardier 
and more productive In size, color and quality 
the fruit is almost identical with that variety. 
Excellent quality. Stone free. If a fruit grower 
wishes to grow a Crawford type of peach in 
his orchard, we recommend this variety for the 
commercial use. Ripens with Early Crawford, 
two weeks before Elberta. 
GOLD DROP (Goodrich) —Remarkably produc¬ 
tive and hardy. This tree bears so heavily that 
the fruit will average small unless the tree be 
heavily pruned, thinned of the young fruit and 
fertilized. This tends to throw more vitality into 
the remaining fruit. Many of our leading com¬ 
mercial varieties have a tendency to overbear, 
which is really an asset and not a serious fault. 
Medium in size, rounding oval with unequal 
halves, bulged at one side. Cavity deep and 
abrupt. Pleasantly and sprightly flavored, ex¬ 
cellent in quality. Free-stone. Gold Drop should 
be in every commercial as well as home orchard. 
Ripens one week after Elberta. 
GOLDEN JUBILEE— Of the many new peaches 
originated by the New Jersey Experiment Sta¬ 
tion, none have aroused the interest of fruit 
growers, as has the Golden Jubilee. It is a large 
early yellow peach of the Elberta type and is an 
extremely popular early yellow peach. It ripens 
a few days before Carman and resembles Elberta 
in tree habits and fruit. The skin is yellow 
blushed with red, flesh yellow, juicy, tender, 
sweet, free-stone. 
HALEHAVEN— This marvelous new peach was 
introduced through the efforts of the Michigan 
State Experiment Station, South Haven, Michi¬ 
gan (Mr. Stanley Johnson, Supt.). It is a cross 
between the famous varieties. South Haven and 
J. H. Hale. A large beautifully colored, yellow 
fleshed peach, ripening approximately two 
weeks before Elberta. A perfect freestone, 
strong thrifty grower, good shipper and an 
extremely hardy heavy bearer of exceptionally 
fine flavor. The Halehaven has extremely high 
color and colors highly on the trees several 
days before it is ripe, thereby permitting picking 
while rather green, for distant shipments. Test 
trees of the Halehaven produced full crops in 
1933 at the Experiment Station when crops of 
many other standard varieties were a failure 
due to low temperatures the previous winter. 
This variety will make you big money and 
should be included in every planting. 
J. H. HALE (Warner No. 4) —This high type 
Super-Selected Strain of J. H. Hale is the finest 
to be obtained. The long Elberta shape type of 
J. H. Hale is mixed largely in plantings of J. H. 
Hale, which is very undesirable. Through Bud 
Selection we have produced a strain of J. H. 
Hale which will produce the typical large 
round type of fruit desired in this variety. This 
Warner parent tree produced three bushels of 
typical large round type Hales when it was 
only three years old. Young orchards of the 
Warner Strain have reproduced this most de¬ 
sired type. The Sun-Glo is recommended as a 
pollenizer for Warner Strain J. H. Hale. 
175 PEACHES ON TREE OUT 2 YEARS 
Greening Nursery Company 
Monroe, Michigan 
I have one of the finest orchards in our 
country. My trees have been out two years, 
and the peach trees have from seventy-five 
to one hundred seventy-five peaches on a 
tree. Of course, I have been picking most 
of them off. I didn’t think it would hurt the 
tree as the soil is rich and I have taken extra 
care of the orchard. I have been more than 
satisfied with all of my trees from your nur¬ 
sery. Out of thirty odd Plum Trees, I have 
only lost one so far. 
Norman Paton, Howell, Michigan 
KALAMAZOO (Barden)— Medium size, slight¬ 
ly oblong. Yellow shaded with red. Flesh juicy, 
rich and melting. Highly esteemed in Michigan. 
This peach has a tendency to overbear. Refer to 
description of Gold Drop for cultural directions 
to follow for Kalamazoo. Ripens a few days later 
than Elberta. 
KIHLKEN SMOCK (Overheiser)— We have dis¬ 
continued propagating all other Smock varieties 
because the Kihiken Smock is so vastly superior. 
Larger, better and more beautiful than Beer’s 
Smock and especially a more abundant bearer 
of fruit. Originated in the orchard of George 
Kihiken at Danbury, Ohio, and introduced by 
us. It is a free-stone peach ripening two weeks 
after Elberta. 
LATE CRAWFORD (Improved) (Bugden)— Fruit 
of large size. Color yellow or greenish yellow 
with dull red cheek. Flesh yellow. Tree vigor¬ 
ous and productive. One of the best late sorts. 
Free-stone. Ripens with the last of Elbertas. 
LEMON FREE (Anderson) —Almost lemon 
shape, pointed at apex and of a pale, lemon- 
yellow when ripe. Large size, excellent quality, 
a valuable market variety. Flesh yellow, juicy, 
stringy, tender and melting, sweet to sprightly, 
pleasantly flavored, very good in quality. Stone 
semi-free to free. Season of ripening ten days 
to two weeks after Elberta. 
MAYFLOWER (Williamson)— The earliest rip¬ 
ening peach. Medium in size, dark red in color 
with juicy, tender, white flesh. Quality fair. 
Tree productive. Ripens last week in June or 
first week in July. 
NEWCOMB (Ruall No. 1) —A large round, 
yellow free-stone peach with red cheek and 
quality which ripens with New Prolific between 
“Sun-Glo” and Elberta. Flesh yellow, com¬ 
paratively firm and of good quality. Tree vigor¬ 
ous, hardy, productive, and spreading in growth. 
AMBER GEM (South Haven Experiment Station) 
—A cling stone variety originated at the New 
Jersey Experiment Station. The tree is vigorous, 
hardy in bud and productive. The South Haven 
Experiment Station has tested it for several years 
to develop a peach with extraordinary canning 
qualities, and now highly recommends it for the 
purpose. The fruit matures ten days to two 
weeks earlier than Elberta. It is medium in size, 
somewhat long, beautifully colored with an 
extensive red cheek and sufficient golden 
yellow ground color for contrast. It cans ex¬ 
ceptionally well, the texture and color being 
very satisfactory, 
NEW PROLIFIC (Barden No. 4) —Introduced by 
us in 1890. Color golden yellow with rich 
crimson cheek. Fruit is large, flesh golden yellow 
and unusually thick and firm. Flavor very rich 
and spicy. Small pit and free-stone. Tree a strong 
grower, very productive and hardy. Hundreds 
of thousands of this variety have been planted. 
The New Prolific should be fertilized, pruned 
and thinned for best results. Ripens one week 
before Elberta. 
ORIOLE (South Haven Experiment Station)— 
This variety originated at the New Jersey Ex¬ 
periment Station and has been tested in Michi¬ 
gan for several years. It is an early-maturing 
variety. The tree is vigorous and hardy. During 
the winter of 1932-33, 95 per cent of the buds 
of this variety survived a temperature of 10 de¬ 
grees below zero, which was a better record 
than was made by some other known hardy 
varieties. It is an early bearer, beginning at three 
years of age. It has also been a consistent pro¬ 
ducer. The fruit is medium in size. Due to its 
inclination to bear heavily it must be well 
thinned. The shape is somewhat round. It is 
attractive in appearance, having a plentiful sup¬ 
ply of red coloring, with enough yellow for 
contrast. The flesh is yellow, fine-grained, juicy, 
and of excellent quality. The pit is free. The 
merits of this variety should not be overlooked. 
It is splendid for local markets and short ship¬ 
ments. Ripens between Dewey and Rochester 
approximately one week before Rochester. 
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