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J ournal of the A merican P omological S ociety

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Table 1 . Peach and nectarine cultivars introduced by M.A. Blake. Table 1. Peach and nectarine cultivars introduced by .A. Blake. Cultivar Date z Type of fruit

Parentage y

Oriole

1924 1925 1925 1925 1925 1925 1925 1925 1925 1925 1925 1925 1925 1925 1926 1932 1934 1934 1936 1937 1937 1938 1938 1938 1938 1938 1939 1939 1940 1945 1946 1946 1946 1946 1947 1947 1947 1947 1947 1947 1947 1947 1947 1947 1947

Yellow melting peach White melting peach Yellow melting peach Yellow melting peach Yellow melting peach

Slappy x Admiral Dewey

Rosebud Marigold Sunbeam Massasoit Eclipse Meteor Primrose Buttercup Delicious Radiance Pioneer Goldfinch Cumberland Golden Jubilee

Carman x Slappy

Lola x Arp Slappy x Arp

Slappy x Admiral Dewey Belle x Greensboro

White melting flesh peach Yellow freestone peach Yellow freestone peach Yellow melting freestone peach Yellow softmelting semiclingstone peach White semifreestone, melting peach White flesh free-stone peach White melting freestone peach Yellow melting semifreestone peach Yellow flesh melting peach White freestone melting peach Yellow nonmelting clingstone peach Yellow melting freestone peach Yellow melting freestone peach Yellow meltingfreestone peach Yellow melting freestone peach Yellow melting freestone peach Yellow semicling melting peach Yellow melting freestone peach Yellow melting semicling peach White melting freestone peach White melting freestone peach Yellow melting semicling peach Yellow melting semicling peach Yellow melting freestone peach Yellow nectarine White melting freestone peach Yellow freestone peach Yellow semi-cling peach

Belle x Belle Belle x Belle Elberta x Belle

Lola x Arp

Belle x Greensboro Belle x Greensboro Belle x Greensboro Belle x Greensboro

Elberta x Greensboro OP Open pollinated J.H. Hale Elberta O.P. x O.P. J.h. Hale x Cumberlans J.H. Hale x Marigold Elberta x N.J. 38 J.H. Hale x Marigold J.H. Hale x N.J. 40 J.H. Hale x Cumberland J.H. Hale x N.J. 27116 Belle x Belle

White Hale (N.J. 63)

Ambergem Garden State

Raritan Rose (N.J. 97) Golden Globe (N.J. 73) Goldeneast (N.J. 87)

Triogen (N.J. 70) Sunhigh (N.J. 82)

Summercrest (N.J. 94) Afterglow (N.J. 84) Newday (N.J. 79) Fireglow (N.J. 71) Pacemaker (N.J. 99) Redrose (N.J. 98) Laterose (N.J. 109) Early East (N.J. 134) Jerseyland (N.J. 135) Jerseyland (N.J. 135) Redcrest (N.J. 126) Constitution (N.J. 161) Frostqueen (N.J. 185) Nectarose (N.J. 9) Nectaheart (N.J. 10) Nectacrest (N.J. 8) Nectalate (N.J. 4) Cherry Red (N.J. 129) Goodcheer (N.J. 152) Autumn (N.J. 145) Wildrose (N.J. 118) Fallate (N.J. 183)

J.H. Hale x N.J. 40 J.H. Hale x Marigold J.H. Hale x Marigold J.H. Hale x Delicious J.H. Hale x Delicious

J.H. Hale o.p. x (Slappeyx Dewey) J.H. Hale o.p. x (Slappeyx Dewey) J.H. Hale x (Slappy x Admiral Dewey)

unknown

Yellow freestone peach White freestone peach White freestone peach White freestone nectarine White freestone nectarine White freestone nectarine White flesh nectarine

J.H. Hale x Eclipse J.H. Hale x Eclipse

(J.H. Hale x Eclipse) x Berks

Garden State x [(GoldMine x Belle selfed) O.P.] Garden State x [(GoldMine x Belle selfed) O.P.] Garden State x [(GoldMine x Belle selfed) O.P.]

Garden State x N.J. 25032 (J.H. Hale x Goldfinch) O.P. (J.H. Hale x Eclipse) x Laterose (J.H. Hale x Eclipse) x Late Crawford

Yellow nonmelting clingstone peach Yellow melting freestone peach White melting freestone peach White melting freestone peach White melting semi-cling peach Yellow freestone peach

J.H. Hale x Delicious J.H. Hale x Delicious

Summer Rose (N.J. 101) 1947

Maybelle (N.J. 164)

1948

Raritan Rose x (J.H. Hale x Goldfinch) o.p.

z Date of introduction. y O.P. = open-pollinated. te of introduction. y O.P. = open-pollinated.

the first series of crosses. Cultivars resulting from the second stage of the program includ ed ‘Primrose’, ‘Buttercup’, ‘Marigold’, ‘De licious’, ‘Radiance’, ‘Pioneer’, ‘Goldfinch’, ‘Massasoit’, ‘Meteor’, ‘Rosebud’, and ‘Sun

beam’ (Blake and Connors, 1936). Progeny varied in resistance to drought, insects, and diseases. Based on more than 35 years of experi ence, Blake (1944) identified some obstacles