The Madison Peach
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https://doi.org/10.71318/apom.1963.18.1.16Abstract
The Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station of Virginia Polytechnic Institute at Blacksburg, Virginia, on August 1, 1963, announced the releasing of a new frost tolerant variety of peach under the name 'Madison'. This is the third introduction of V.P.I.'s "Presidential Series" of peach varieties. 'Madison' is a seedling of 'Ideal' crossed with 'Redhaven'. The cross was made in 1952 after severe blossoming season frosts in 1950 and 1951 had demonstrated at Blacksburg that 'Redhaven' and 'Ideal' had the ability to come through with moderate crops of fruit under conditions of frost that destroyed essentially all of the potential crop of fruit on most varieties of peaches grown commercially in Virginia.
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