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  • From: Jwlehman@aol.com
  • To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [NAFEX] Veteran Peaches, from USDA.
  • Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 08:25:50 EDT

From the USDA book on peach varieties

Veteran

Type: peach Category: historical
Ripens: - 5 Chill: 1050
Flesh: yellow Pit: freestone
Gland: reniform Bacterial Spot: moderately resistant
Bloom: showy
Shape: round to oblate
Firmness: low
Looks: fair; attractive but lacks red color
Quality: good; low in tannins
Yield: high
Remarks: Good for canning. Too soft for shipping. Must be thinned heavily to get size.
Apparently, this name was originally associated with ONT194049, which was a sibling of ONT1940208, the selection predominantly distributed as Veteran. Carries genes for pollen sterility and clingstone. An important peach for Ontario 50 years ago.
Test No.: ONT1940208; ONT194049
Pedigree: Vaughan x Stark Early Elberta
Origin: 1928, Horticultural Research Institute of Ontario, Vineland, Ontario, Canada
Citation: 3 (report 1924), 4, 155, 220-222, 289, 344

Sorry it took me so long to respond on this subject.

Jerry Lehman

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  • [NAFEX] Veteran Peaches, from USDA., Jwlehman, 04/24/2006

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