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REDHAVEN © 
IT IS A PEACH ALL GROWERS SHOULD WATCH AND MAKE TRIAL 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 Fine Peach 
IT IS A PEACH ALL GROWERS SHOULD WATCH AND MAKE TRIAL PLANTINGS OF AS A 
COMMERCIAL PEACH TO PRECEDE THE GOLDEN JUBILEE AND HALEHAVEN 
REDHAVEN is a cross between Bene ee mee 1 Year-Old Bartlett Pear Grown the 
Kalhaven. We first observed this variety in : 4 
and had our first fruits here in our test orchards in Bountiful Ridge Way 
1941. It colors a brilliant red and beautiful yellow. 
Skin is smooth, almost fuzzless, resembling J. H. 
Hale in color, skin and flesh. Flesh is very firm. Tree 
is vigorous with heavy bud set and bears young. 
Fruits medium sized and well filled when ready to 
pick, suture being rather prominent until peach ap- 
proaches picking period. Growers may be inclined to 
pick too early because of good color and should 
watch this and when tree set too heavy, thinning 
should be practiced to increase size of the fruits. 
Trees are proving satisfactory in test plantings over 
a wide area. 
1942 OBSERVATIONS OF THE REDHAVEN IN 
OUR THST ORCHARDS NEAR PRINCESS ANNE 
SHOW THAT THE REDHAVEN will stand low tem- 
peratures. Harly January temperatures of 13 degrees 
below zero almost wiped out some varieties, while 
REDHAVEN set a full crop. The older tree set very 
heavy and required thinning. It was again very dry 
in this section during the growing and ripening sea- 
son and this tree with a full crop did not size its 
fruit satisfactorily, however, the fruits were attrac- 
tive, firm and of good quality. 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 up well being 24%,” and were beautiful 
specimens. It seems to be definitely a few days 
later than Fisher and the flesh is flecked considerably 
with red, however, is more firm and gives indication 
of being a good commercial peach to ripen before 
Golden Jubilee. We recommend applying fertilizer 
in early November or very early Spring on these 

early ripening types to help the early development A sectional view of our 1 yr. pear trees growing during 
of the fruits, also thinning should be practiced on summer 1947 at Bountiful Ridge. Many trees 6 ft. high by 
Redhaven and Fisher when a heavy crop is set. Aug. 5th. Thrifty stock like this is dependable. 
PRICES OF REDHAVEN SAME AS OTHER STANDARD VARIETIES LISTED ON PAGE 17 

The Fisher Peach Is Hardy 
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US. PLANT 
Growers In All Peach Areas Can Realize Its Possiblities. Step Up Your Yellow Peach Season by 
Planting Fisher Peach Trees This Year. Ripen 5 to 10 Days Before Golden Jubilee. 
HISTORY OF THE FISHER PEACH: ties in our test orchard, a real test and we are glad 
The FISHER peach was discovered aS a bud sport to report the Fisher CAME THROUGH WITH A 
of the VALIANT in August 1934, near Queenston, FINE CROP WHICH REQUIRED THINNING, while 
Ontario, Canada. Mr. Fisher found these large, well some of the more tender varieties were frozen out. 
formed peaches growing on a single limb of a Valiant Fruits developed well with definite lack of moisture 
tree in his orchard, being attracted to the peach from during growing season and we harvested some hand- 
the fact that it was ripening fully 3 weeks before the some fruits. Quality was above average, however 
Valiant peaches on the rest of the tree. Realizing the skin and flesh texture of the Fisher peach are 
the commercial possibilities of a peach of this type such that we don’t believe it should be planted 
and season, Mr. Fisher’s next concern was whether heavily for shipment to markets 800 or more miles 
the fruit would carry through to succeeding genera- distant. Again we recommend a well balanced fer- 
tions. To test it as quickly as possible he top worked tilization program on this variety. It is inclined to 
a two year old Valiant tree with 12 buds from the stick to the pit under certain growing conditions and 
Sport limb the first week in September, 1934. The again our recommendation is that it be planted at 60 
Parent limb again bore a heavy crop in 1935 and the ft. or more elevation and in light gravel or shale 
peaches developed as they did in 1934. The Parent soils for best success, 
limb repeated with a fine crop in 1936 and the top Its beautiful color, large size and the clear yellow 
worked tree set a crop which required thinning, the flesh and superb quality will establish the Fisher as 
remaining peaches on the top worked tree developed one of the best varieties yet introduced to precede 
exactly as those on the Parent limb. the Golden Jubilee peach. 
Observations of the FISHER PEACH on fruiting trees in : ; _ : 
the TEST Orchards of the Bountiful Ridge Nurseries near WARNING: The Fisher Peach is a patented variety 
Princess Anne anilo42- which cannot be propagated for any purpose by any- 
Abnormally low temperatures during early January cuore than” the, authorized S210 wers) audi dis- 
with three successive nights registering 8-13-11 de- 
grees below zero gave the Fisher, as well as all varie- Prices same as other standard varieties on page 17. 
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