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Columbian and yields a good crop every year. It ripens shortly after Latham. 
This variety has replaced the Columbian, our former standard variety. 
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Close—was named in honor of the late C. P. Close, a former horticulturist 
at the Geneva Station and later, for many years, a federal pomologist, 
who was interested in the improvement of the apple thru breeding. The 
tree is a vigorous grower and annually productive. The fruit is large, 
round-oblong conic, of the shape and appearance of Williams. It is well 
colored with a rather dark dull solid red. The season is as early as Crimson 
Beauty and a few of the apples ripen ahead of that variety. The quality is 
good but like Crimson Beauty the flavor is decidedly acid. It is primarily 
an apple for the roadside trade and requires spot picking over a short season. 
Waite—seems to be outstanding as a blight-resistant pear. Under severe test 
conditions this pear has never developed more than about 10 percent as 
much blight as Kieffer. The fruit is of the shape and size of Bartlett and 
ripens with Kieffer. The flesh is smooth without grit cells, juicy, with more 
of an acid flavor than Bartlett but excellent for cooking and canning and 
fair for table use. The tree is a rather slender, willowy grower, of moderate 
vigor. The blossoms produce little or no pollen so cross-pollination is 
essential. Under favorable pollination conditions it sets well and is a 
heavy cropper. 
Dixigem—is an introduction of the U.S.D.A. at Fort Valley, Ga., obtained 
from the cross between (Dewey x St. John) and South Haven. It is a 
yellow-fleshed freestone of good quality which ripens about the middle of 
August at Geneva or just ahead of Redhaven. It is less hardy than Red- 
haven. 
Southland—is a U.S.D.A. introduction from Fort Valley, Ga., derived from 
Halehaven selfed. A yellow, firm-fleshed, freestone peach that ripens with 
Halehaven. Recommended for the South. (Has not fruited at Geneva 
Station.) 
