Peach culture in California

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Identifikator:: 1833271505

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-221985

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Overholser, E. L. http://d-nb.info/gnd/123737538X; Duruz, W. P.

Title:: Peach culture in California

Place of publication:: Berkeley

Publisher:: Univ. of Calif.

Year of publication:: 1930

Scope:: 55 S.; Ill.

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Varieties of peaches for the orchard

Collection:: Economics Books

1980] Prac CuLTURE IN CALIFORNIA 13 deep red color. The flesh is firm, juicy, sweet, and, as grown in Cali- fornia, withstands transportation well. The trees appear to be some- what more resistant to leaf curl than many other varieties, and are hardy and vigorous. The fruit is inclined to be somewhat small, with a stone that is only partly free. The quality is fair for eating. The tree is often lacking in productiveness, and the fruits are relatively susceptible to brown rot. Early Crawford—The Early Crawford originated in New Jersey in the forepart of the nineteenth century. The fruit has a very high quality, rich flavor, tender flesh, pleasing aroma, and abundant juice. It is very attractive, being large in size, with a deep red color on the sunny side, and is an excellent freestone variety for the home orchard. The trees are healthy and vigorous-growing but are rather late coming into full bearing. It was once the most extensively planted variety in California, but is now losing its popularity. In many sections the bearing has proved uncertain. Elberta.—The Elberta originated in Georgia about 1870 from a seed of the Chinese Cling which had supposedly been pollinated by Early Crawford. Claim has been made that several new strains or types of Elbertas have been discovered. June Elberta, Late Elberta, Early Elberta, and Fay Elberta are some of the names by which these strains have been called. The distinctive differences or merits of these, however, have not been definitely nor widely determined. Elberta is the predominating variety of peach in most of the producing centers in the United States. It is in demand as a fresh fruit and is perhaps the most popular variety on most of the markets. It is cosmopolitan, and succeeds on a variety of soils and under widely different climatic conditions. The fruits are large, attractive, freestone, ship and keep well. The variety is sometimes used for drying, six or seven pounds of fresh fruit giving one pound of dried product. It is not preferred by canners and the flesh is too red at pit to make a satisfactory drying peach. The fruits are only medium in quality for eating, having a rather bitter taste even when ripe, and the stone is somewhat large. Gaume—The Gaume is a variety of recent origin, having been discovered in Sutter County, California, as a chance seedling on the ranch of J. Li. Ames near Live Oak. The flesh is yellow, firm, of desirable texture for canning and free from red color at the pit. It is a good producer and mid-season in time of ripening. The fruit with- stands handling well, but tends to drop prematurely. The variety is somewhat susceptible to peach rust.

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