THE BEGINNING OF A NEW ERA IN PEACH AND NECTARINE VARIETIES 
coloring and flavor are distinctive, and 
which have some special appeal, A till 
or basket of highly-colored, tree-ripened 
peaches makes a most appropriate gift, 
hut few persons would think of buying 
a package of peaches for such a purpose 
of a grade which anyone can obtain in 
the nearest general store. Consumers who 
desire distinctive qualities in peaches will 
more and more seek reliable roadside 
stands or special retail markets ofTering 
tree-ripened fruit. 
There are large numbers of individuals 
who prefer white-fleshed to yellow-fleshed 
peaches wdien they can obtain fruit of 
recognized quality. The facts are, liow- 
ever, that they cannot at present find 
what they desire in the market. Such 
old, melting, semi-clingstone varieties as 
Greensboro and Carman are no longer 
good enough and non-melting early white- 
fleshed clings such as Early Rose will 
never become popular in the East. At 
present, there is a need for new and bet¬ 
ter white-fleshed varieties, the fruit of 
which can be offered to the consumer in 
a well-grown and well-ripened condition. 
This applies particularly to middle and 
upper class residential centers near the 
large cities where there is a discriminat¬ 
ing trade. A new white peach is offered 
in this catalogue. 
Brief Accurate Facts About the Varieties 
Superlatives and gaudy circus poster 
pictures are sometimes used in an attempt 
to sell fruit trees. A photograph of one 
variety of peach such as J. H. Hale is 
sometimes used to illustrate several un¬ 
related varieties which may even have 
fruits of different flesh color. It is our 
belief tliat fruit growers desire typical 
and accurate illustrations, as well as de¬ 
pendable description of fruits. There is 
much in the saying, “If pappy had a 
know’d it he never would have grow’d 
it.” This catalogue attempts to describe 
the new varieties in such a manner that 
the facts are horticulturally correct and 
will appeal to fruit growers as dependable. 
The parentage of each variety, the 
Raritan Rose 
A new large, early, round to round 
oval, white-fleshed freestone peach ripen¬ 
ing a few days before Golden Jubilee 
in normal seasons at New Brunswick, 
and a marked improvement over Cum¬ 
berland, its pollen parent. Well grown 
specimens are entirely washed and 
splashed with an attractive red. The flesh 
is a clear white, not a greenish or yellow¬ 
ish shade, and the edible quality is good. 
It has enough acidity to make it attrac¬ 
tive for slicing, for shortcake and for ice 
cream. One lot from a commercial test 
orchard “topped” the Glasshoro, N. J., 
flower type, the set of fruit buds, and 
the approximate date of ripening in com¬ 
parison with Elberta are given in tabular 
form on the inside of the cover. The dif¬ 
ference in time of ripening between varie¬ 
ties may vary somewhat with the season 
and age of the trees. 
No claim is made that the new varieties 
described in this catalogue are any more 
resistant to the common peach diseases 
than the older commercial varieties such 
as Elberta. Such diseases as peach scab 
and brown rot attack all varieties to some 
degree. One should expect that it will re¬ 
quire as good cultural skill to grow the 
new varieties as it does the old. Give 
them good care. 
(N. J. 97) 
auction market a day in early August, ’39. 
The fruit hangs to the tree well but 
ripens a little more rapidly than Trio- 
gem. The tree is a vigorous spreading 
grower and annually sets a heavy crop of 
fruit buds of 30 to 35 to the foot at New 
Brunswick, N, J., which is typical of the 
pollen parent, Cumberland. The original 
tree is 14 years old and produced well in 
1940. Test trees have fruited as far north 
as Rochester, New Hampshire, hut it 
would he well to rate the variety as less 
winter hardy than Greensboro or Car¬ 
man. It made new friends in 1940. 
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