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We’ve got varieties from A through Z. AtProTree Nurseries we plantawide variety oftrees eachyear and graftalong listof different variety/stock combinations. We have a great selection of high-quality apple and cherry trees available and we don’toversell.Ifyouare looking for avariety you can’t find anywhere else, call ProTree Nurseries today. The following apple varieties are available on B-⁄⁄8, BUD-·, EMLA-‡, EMLA-¤6, EMLA-⁄‚6, EMLA-⁄⁄⁄, G-‹‚, M-· (T-‹‹‡), NIC® -¤·, or Supporter ›. t Autumn Rose™ Fuji (USPP applied for) t Banning Red Fuji (USPP ⁄6,6¤› P¤) t BeniShogun (USPP ‡··‡) t Blondee™ (USPP ⁄·,‚‚‡McLaughlin cv) t Brookfield® (USPP ⁄‚‚⁄6) t Buckeye® (USPP ⁄‚8›‚) Gala Gala t Chrisolyn® (USPP ¤⁄,‹‚‚) t Crimson Gold Crab t Desert Rose™Fuji (USPP applied for) t FrettinghamCrab t Golden Delicious t Granny Smith t Hilwell Braeburn (USPP ‡∞¤6) t Honeycrisp™ (USPP ‡⁄·‡) t Indian Summer Crab t Joburn™ Braeburn (USPP ⁄⁄··¤) t JonaStar Jonagold™ (USPP ¤‚∞·‚) t LindaMac® (USPP ⁄¤,·‚‚) t Manchurian Crab t Midnight Red Spur™ (serial ‡›/›∞°,‡‹‚) t Pacific Gala® (USPP ·68⁄) t Pearleaf Crab t Rising Sun Fuji® t Ruby Jon(USPP ⁄‚⁄⁄∞) t Select Spur Delicious™ t September Wonder™ Fuji (USPP ⁄⁄⁄·‹) t Simpson Crab t Snowdrift Crab t Torres Fuji™ (USPP applied for) t Ultima™ Gala (USPP ⁄‹‡∞‹ P¤) t Zestar!™ (USPP ⁄⁄‹6‡) Laurol peach is one of the leading late peaches in the Mid-Atlantic area and is marketed and planted in the southeastern United States as well. “It has been a regular source of income for the New Jersey Peach Council, and the royalties have been one source of funding for my testing program,” said Jerry Frecon, who discovered the variety in a New Jersey orchard. maturing. “In New Jersey, we now harvest peaches from June 25 to September 15 and market peaches into October,” he said. People keep wanting bigger peaches, or at least, retailers say they do. Frecon isn’t sure why. He says he hears more consumers complaining that peaches are getting too big. They don’t need to eat a huge peach. Still, he said, the desired peach size has grown from 21 ⁄4 to 21 ⁄2 to 23 ⁄4 to 3 inches. “I am primarily selecting varieties for commercial growers in the eastern United States, primarily the Mid-Atlantic area. I have been strongly and financially supported by Pennsylvania growers and the New Jersey fruit growers,” Frecon said. “These growers are looking for highly colored fruit with a bright orange-yellow background color, great fla- vor that is held well after harvest, and large fruit size with an average of 21 ⁄2 inches to 3 inches in diameter. “They want firmness on the tree and during the handling process, consistent produc- tivity, and disease resistance, particularly to bacterial spot, Xanthomonas pruni, and constriction canker, Phomopsis. “They want novel shapes and colors, with and without fuzz. Things like plumcots, apricots, Pluots, and plums are of increasing interest in the eastern United States.” New generation of consumers Younger consumers seem to like mild sweet and low acid peaches, he said. Because many of the attractive white-fleshed varieties developed in California for ethnic markets have low acidity and have become readily available from growers, they’re catching on in the eastern United States. There’s a growing interest in crunchier peaches, too, so the melting flesh characteris- tic, while important, is less of the mix of novel flavors and types. “As long as it tastes good, that’s what counts,” Frecon said. “A lot of people don’t want a peach that gets juice all over their shirt when they eat it.” One thing the apple industry did that peaches never did very well is gain more shelf These cherry varieties; Benton™, Bing, Black Tart, Brooks™, Chelan™, Coral Champagne, Cristalina™, Lapins, Rainier, Selah™, Skeena™, Sweetheart™, Tieton™, Tulare™, and Vans are also available on Colt, Gisela® ,Mahaleb,or Mazzard.* *Not all varieties are available on all rootstocks. Call for specific grafting information. space by selling more varieties. Peaches have a relatively short storage season, so they are sold in season, one variety following another, but peaches are rarely sold by name. Often several varieties masquerade as Redhaven, a name many people recognize. Still, stone fruits are gaining more shelf space as they are sold by characteristic—white, flat, etc.— and new stone-fruit hybrids, like Apriums, Pluots (trademarked varieties from Zaiger Genetics) and plumcots, gain individual recognition. Saturn is often marketed as the “Donut” peach, a trademarked name, very novel. Frecon has the distinction of being the person who first identified plum pox when a Pennsylvania grower sent him samples of some odd-looking fruit. The resulting confir- mation by USDA scientists and a well-funded program for eradicating plum pox changed propagation practices. Growers used to look for the best trees in their orchards and have commercial nurseries propagate them, even selling scion wood to others. That is now considered risky for growers and nurserymen, he said. “We have a lot of exciting new material in the Rutgers NJAES breeding program,” 8‚‚-6‹›-⁄6‡⁄ (Alison Clegg or Richard Chavez) 8‡‡-›∞‡-6·‚⁄ (HenrySanguinetti) Fax ·¤∞-6‹›-6‚›‚ 16 JUNE 2011 GOOD FRUIT GROWER ‡›⁄ Sunset Road, Brentwood, CA ·›∞⁄‹ Frecon said, “but it’s become more expensive to test and develop these varieties. Before we can extensively test a potential new release, we need to have it virus indexed, and that costs $1,500-plus per variety.” Rutgers has an exclusive marketing agreement with Adams County Nursery for release of new Rutgers varieties, and ACN has taken on much of that cost, he said, but fewer selections are chosen for widespread testing. “We have to work extra hard to make sure we only select the best,” he said. Frecon’s variety fact sheets can be found at http://njaes.rutgers.edu/pubs. • www.goodfruit.com Now taking contract orders for ¤‚⁄3! Call us today! Don’t see the variety you want listed here? We can accommodate your custom order now for 2013 trees. JERRY FRECON