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American Pomological Society held it on its fruit-list from 1809 until 1909. Tree 

 vigorous, productive; glands globose; fruit of medium size, round to slightly oblong; skin 

 clear yellowish-white; clingstone; matures early in July. 

 Cutter. I. Cole Am. Fr. Book 194. 1849. 



Cutter is very similar to Lincoln but is a few days earlier. 

 Dabezac. i. Thomas Guide Prat. 48. 1876. 



Fruit medium in size, cordate; of first quality: ripens the last of August. 

 Dad. I. Kan. Hort. Sac. Rpt. $0. 1901. 



A seedling from F. G. Barker, Salina, Kansas. 

 Dagmar. i. Jour. Hort. N. S. 9:190. 1865. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 217. 1866. 



A seedling of Albert raised by Thomas Rivers, Sawbridgeworth, England. Glands 

 round; flowers small; fruit round; suture shallow; skin very tender, thickly pubescent, 

 with a pale straw-colored ground, almost entirely overlaid with crimson; flesh white, 

 tender, vinous; freestone; ripens in August. 

 Darby, i. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 75. 1873. 



A seedling of the Heath type originated by I. W. and R. S. Chick, Newberry, South 

 Carolina. Fruit large, round, with a well-marked suture; skin creamy-white, faintly 

 washed with red; flesh white to the stone, fine, juicy, aromatic; quality very good; cling- 

 stone; matures at the end of October. 

 Daun. I. Thomas Guide Prat. 40. 1876. 



Glands globose; flowers large; fruit large, heavy, roundish, regular in outline; skin 

 pale greenish-yellow, marbled with reddish-brown ; flesh fine, melting, very juicy, aromatic ; 

 ripens before the middle of September. 

 David Hill. i. Cultivator 3rd Ser. 6:283. 1858. 



According to this reference, David Hill was at one time valuable in western New York. 

 Davidson No. i. i. W. N. Y. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 113. 1880. 



This variety was raised by M. B. Bateham, Painesville, Ohio. It is said to ripen 

 a few days earlier than Alexander. The fruit is of mediimi size, attractive and equal in 

 quality to most early peaches. 

 Davidson No. 2. i. W. N. Y. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 113. 1880. 



Another seedling raised by M. B. Bateham, Painesville, Ohio. Fruit medium in size, 

 attractive, as good in quality as other early peaches. Ripens a few days later than the 

 preceding sort. 

 Dawson, i. Ala. Sta. Bui. 156:132. 191 1. 



Dawson is not recommended in the reference given. Tree slow growing; fmit of 

 mediimi size, rotmd; skin rich yellow; flesh yellow; flavor excellent; ripens June isth; 

 a poor shipper. 

 Dawson Early, i. Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 170. 1882. 



A white-fleshed variety, little known in Michigan; glands globose; flowers large; 

 fruit roundish; ripens late in August; said to be free from rot. 

 Day Yellow Free. i. Wickson Cal. Fruits 311. 1889. 



A California seedling ripening with and closely resembling Foster; a good market 

 variety. 



