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THE MERRILL BEAUTY— 
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THE MERRILL BEAUTY fills a need to lengthen the 
shipping season for Early-Elberta type peaches in Cali- 
fornia. It is much like July (Kim, Burbank or Early) 
Elberta but is about three weeks earlier. 
THE MERRILL BEAUTY is yellow fleshed, semi-free 
when picked on the green side, but freeing itself from 
the pit when ripened. It is very firm when ready to pick 
for distant shipment and ripens off the tree into a 
smartly delicious peach. It has a beautiful red blush 
and ripens into a very attractive peach. 
THE MERRILL BEAUTY is almost as round as a base- 
ball, smooth and with fuzz as short as J. H. Hale. In 
fact the J. H. Hale was used in producing this peach 
and it has the shape and color and much of the firmness 
of the J. H. Hale. It is larger more vigorous tree than 
the J. H. Hale. 
GENERAL STATEMENT OF MERRILL'S POLICY 
These two varieties are the first | am releasing for general use. 
| am certain that they are much superior to any other variety 
now available at the same season. | will have other varieties to 
introduce if | am sure that under California conditions, they are 
definitely an improvement over any other variety in the same 
season. 
No peach variety is perfect, however. | certainly don't claim 
mine are. Any variety | introduce is bound to have some faults. 
The following are faults as | have found them in these two 
varieties: 
The Gem's faults are: 1. It is a cling but all peaches this early 
are clings, and 2. It does not set a heavy bloom. The tree is so 
large, however, that to date, it has borne as heavily as any other 
variety at this season and the reduced set has made for larger 
sizes, 
The Beauty's faults are: |. It is only semi-free, when firm ripe, 
but it frees from the pit on softening. 2. When picked it is quite 
firm but will soften about the same as the Elberta. | would like 
to have it remain firm like the J. H. Hale, as does the Gem, but 
it does not. 
| have found no other important faults in these two varieties. 
TREES FOR SALE BY 
THE MERRILL GEM— 
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THE MERRILL GEM has sold for phenomenally high 
prices. At its season—rignt after the Mayflower and a 
little ahead of Red Bird—its extremely high color, large 
size, and great firmness appeals to buyers who have to 
ship or truck considerable distances. Averaging less 
than 3% split pits to date, it colors considerably before 
ripe—and colors in dense shade. The tree of the Merrill 
Gem is very vigorous. 
HERE IS A PEACH that can be shipped along with Santa Rosa 
Plums. It will carry anywhere in the United States and its large 
size and high color will make it a top price seller. 
lts shipping qualities and market value have been proven 
commercially. The first arrivals of the MERRILL GEM on the Los 
Angeles Market sold for 20-25 cents per pound in 1948. A section 
from the Federal State Market report for June 18, 1948, for Los 
Angeles shows this below. 
SUEY EP YY HPYYY PR BY® yg YUNA VA UUM 4eQguUYY f- 
LOS ANGELES: Truck equiv. to 11 cars. MKT. 
SLI. STGR. S.J. VLY. per lb. Florence lugs lge 
mostly 9-11, med. 7-8, small 5-6, Alexanders lge. 
9-11, med. 7-8, small 5-6, loose low as 4., 
Stevens lge. 8-10, med. 6-7, small 5, Triumphs 
large mostly 9-ll, few 50s 15¢, med. 7-8, small 
5-6, Red Birds mostly 10-12, Golden State Elberta 
lge. 9-11, med. 7-8, small 5-6, Early Hales few 
small 5, Merrills Gems 20-25, Robins ONTARIO 
cello. pk. 18-25, YUCAIPA small 6-7. 
The year of 1948 as growers remember, was extremely late, 
and these peaches were produced on young, heavily fertilized 
trees. A mature tree with less fertilizer, would be one to two 
weeks earlier. Throughout the entire season of 1948 this variety 
averaged a return of $3.40 per twenty pound lug, FOB, packing 
shed in Kern County. 
In 1947 90 lugs of Merrill Gems were shipped to New York by 
air and sold for an average of $10.17 per L.A. lug of twenty 
pounds net weight, as per Federal State market report shown 
below for June 4, 1947. 
New York <ZUD ° ZeBU= O-4U O48 
PEACHES 
MERRILL GEMS 
New York 90 boxes 9.75-10.25 10.17 
RIuwmws¢ 
WHY | CHARGE A SUBSTANTIAL ROYALTY 
|. My varieties are the result of twenty years of effort. They 
are not accidental discoveries on which only small royalties might 
seem justifiable. 
2. | want to continue to produce better varieties of shipping 
peaches. | cannot afford to do so unless | get paid for what | 
produce, the same as you get paid for what you produce. 
3. In the past such a small royalty has been charged for the 
use of new fruit varieties that it did not pay to sue for violation. 
| propose to make the royalty high enough so that | can afford 
to sue for damages if any one tries to steal my varieties. In that 
way | can protect those that have paid their royalty against the 
competition of those who have not. 
