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fruited it first in 1873. The fruits are small and the trees unproductive at Geneva. It was 

 added to the fruit-list of the American Pomological Society in 1909. Leaves with small, 

 globose glands; flowers late; fruit below medium in size, roundish-oval, bulged near the 

 apex; halves unequal; apex with a mamelon, recurved tip; skin thin, tender, with long, 

 thick pubescence, yellow, mottled with dark red over a lighter blush ; flesh stained at the 

 pit, juicy, firm, stringy, sweet, pleasant; pit free; ripens early in September. 

 Connecticut, i. Hale Cat. 29. 1898. 2. Ont. Sta. Rpt. 6:44. 1899. 



Connecticut originated at South Glastonbury, Connecticut, about 1885 from a seed 

 of Pratt pollinized by Chili. The trees are unproductive at this Station. Tree willow>' 

 in habit; glands small, both reniform and globose; flowers appearing in mid-season, small, 

 edged with deep pink; fruit medium in size, roundish-cordate; apex noticeably mamelon. 

 recurved; skin thin, tough, adherent, thickly pubescent, orange-yellow, blushed with dull 

 red; flesh tinged at the pit, rather firm, stringy, sweet; quality good; stone free, small, 

 ovate, plump, bulged near the apex; ripens the last of August. 

 Connett. i. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 36. 1909. 



Connett Early. 2. AT. C. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 64. 1893. 3- -'I"*- Pom. Soc. Cat. 32. 

 1899. 4. Del. Sta. Rpt. 13:96. 1901. 



Connett originated as Connett Southern Early with Rev. Alfred Connett, McLeans- 

 ville. North Carolina, about 1880. In 1889 it was listed by the American Pomological 

 Society as Connett Early, the name being changed in 1909 to Connett. At this Station 

 it is a shy bearer; ripens the middle of August. Tree willow^' in growth; glands reniform; 

 flowers appearing in mid-season, large; fruit above medivmi in size, roundish-oval; suture 

 shallow; skin thin, tough, creamy-yellow, slightly blushed with dark red; flesh white except 

 at the pit, firm, stringy, sweet, juicy; quality fair; stone nearly free, oval-elliptical, pointed 

 at the ends. 

 Connor White, i. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. js. 1873. 



Conner Clitig. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 32. 1883. 



Connor White is a southern variety which originated in Mississippi. The American 

 Pomological Society listed it from 1883 until 1889. Fruit medium in size, slightly oblong, 

 with a small, acute apex; skin white, nearly covered with crimson; flesh white to the stone, 

 juicy, vinous, subacid; clingstone; matures the last of June in Mississippi. 

 Conover. i. Mo. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 422. 1905. 



Conover is one of the best hardy peaches in Mi.ssouri. 

 Cook Late. i. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 32. 1887. 



Cook Late White. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 28. 1877. 



A variety of American origin. Entered on the fruit-list of the American Pomological 

 Society in 1877 where it remained until 1897. Fruit of medium size, white, freestone; 

 ripens late. 

 Cook Seedling, i. Ohio Hort. Soc. Rpt. 6, 7. 1857. 



A seedling resembling Late Crawford grown by J. S. Cook, Walnut Hills, Ohio. 

 Cooley Mammoth, i. Lovett Cat. 33. 1891. 2. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 451. 1896. 



Originated in Indiana where the fruit attracted attention because of large size and 

 handsome color. Flesh yellow, juicy, sprightly; clingstone; ripens late in September. 



