Volume 18 Number 4 Article 3 Pages: 67-68
Year 1964 Month 10
Title: Two New Peach Queens for New Jersey
Authors: C.H. Bailey and L.F. Rough
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Abstract:
'Elberta' has long been, and still is,
the most widely grown peach variety
in the United States as a whole.
In
New Jersey, though, it only makes up
3.4 percent of all the trees planted
(New Jersey Crop Reporting Service,
Circular 427, 1963). Every peach
breeder has been trying to develop a
variety for that season which will be
more attractive and of better quality.
'Redskin' was introduced by the University
of Maryland, but seems too
small for many New Jersey peach
growers. 'Jefferson', introduced a years ago by Virginia Polytechnic institute,
ripens just after 'Elberta'.
The New Jersey Agricultural Experiment
Station has been working on
varieties for this same season, too, in
an attempt to fill the gap between
'Blake' and 'Rio Oso Gem'.
'Jerseyqueen', tested as NJ216, is
being named by the New Jersey Agricultural
Experiment Station for the
'Elberta' season.
The name 'Jerseyqueen'
was chosen because the peach
is the queen of fruits, and because
this is New Jersey's tercentenary.
The New Jersey peach breeding
program has been underway for 50
years, and 74 varieties have already
been named. 'Jerseyqueen' is the first
yellow, freestone peach that has been
developed that we believe really has all the qualities required to replace
'Elberta'.
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