Pee A ATL OG OF NEW FRUITS 
orous, and productive. Victor is a splendid new sweet cherry which every- 
body will like. 
Vernon (Vineland 160133)—originated at the Horticultural Experiment 
Station at Vineland, Ontario, as “An open-fertilized seedling of Windsor. 
Fruit large, firm-fleshed, same color as Windsor. Tree vigorous, produc- 
tive; season of Windsor”. 
NECTARINES 
A nectarine is a smooth-skinned peach, a sport of the peach. To those who 
object to the fuzzy skin of a peach the nectarine is pleasing. The flavor of the 
sport is distinctive and most agreeable. Nectarines add variety and charm to 
the list of hardy fruits. All that is needed to make them as popular as peaches 
is a greater number of varieties adapted to American conditions. 
Hunter—is said to have come from an Elberta pit. The tree is vigorous and 
productive. The fruit is large, round, yellow with a heavy blush. The flesh 
is free from the stone, with the true nectarine flavor, although somewhat 
tart. It ripens in midseason. 
John Rivers—is an early variety, ripening the first week of August. The tree 
is small but productive. The fruit is of medium size, nearly covered with 
red, and is of very good quality; the flesh is white and adherent to the 
stone. This variety begins the nectarine season. 
Rivers Orange—is a yellow-fleshed nectarine which ripens in early mid- 
season. The fruit is a freestone nearly covered with a dark red blush. No 
nectarine has a richer, sweeter flavor. This is one of the choicely good 
European sorts. 
Sure Crop—was imported from New Zealand by the U. S. Department of 
Agriculture and so far is the most promising nectarine at the New York 
Experiment Station. The tree is vigorous and productive. The fruits are 
large, roundish, white and overlaid with very attractive red. The flesh js 
firm, tender, free from the stone, and very pleasing in flavor; late mid- 
season. If only one nectarine can be grown Sure Crop should be selected. 
PEACHES 
Thanks mainly to the New Jersey and Michigan Agricultural Experiment 
Stations and the Horticultural Experiment Station, Vineland, Canada, we 
now have a succession of peaches thruout the peach season. 
Mikado—is the most popular, very early yellow. The tree is medium in size 
and vigor and is productive. The fruit ripens the first week of August, is 
medium in size, round in shape, semi-cling, and attractive yellow blushed 
with red. The quality is good. Mikado is pollen-sterile and therefore re- 
quires cross-pollination. 
Redhaven—a seedling of Halehaven crossed with Kalhaven, was introduced 
by the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station in 1940. It is a highly- 
colored, yellow-fleshed, freestone peach ripening a few days before Golden 
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