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oblong, flattened, with a pointed apex; color lemon-yellow; flesh yellow, slightly acid, 

 moderately tender; quality fair; pit free; ripens in the south the first of August. 

 Opoix. I. Rev. Hort. 103. 1901. 



Opoix is a Russian variety named in honor of a French gardener, a M. Opoix. Tree 

 vigorous; leaves with reniform glands; flowers small; fruit large, roundish, distinctly 

 sutured; flesh white, vinous, juicy, sweet; freestone; ripens early in October. 

 Orange Cling, i. Prince Treat. Fr. Trees 17. 1820. 2. Downing Fr. Trees .\m. 497. 

 1845. 3. Card. & For. 6:520. 1893. 4. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 34. 1899. 



Orange. 5. Kenrick Am. Orch. 228. 1832. 



In California this variety is said frequently to produce a second crop of small, inferior 

 fruit. Leaves serrate, often without glands; fruit large, round, with a distinct suture; 

 skin deep orange, with a dark red cheek; flesh dark yellow, firm, juicy, with a vinous flavor; 

 season September. 

 Orange Free. i. Del. Sta. Rpt. 5:99. 1892. 2. Thomas Am. Fruit Cult. 690. 1807. 



A medium-sized, round, freestone, with yellow flesh. 

 Orange Smock, i. U. S. D. A. Rpt. 290. 1893. 



Regarded by J. W. Kerr, Denton, Maryland, as superior to any other peacli of the 

 Smock type. The tree is stocky and productive and the fruit ripens in Mar\-land about 

 September 5 th. 



Orchard Queen, i. Gard. Chron. i^i . 1848. 2. Koch /?«<<. 06si. 539. 1876. 3. Leroy 

 Diet. Pom. 6:258 fig., 259, 260. 1879. 



Monstrueuse de Doue. 4. Horticulturist N. S. 5:70. 1855. 



Monstrous of Douay. 5. Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt. ^i. 1874. 



This variety originated with Jamin Loreze, near Doue, Maine-et-Loire, France, about 

 1847. Tree very hardy, productive; glands reniform; flowers small. Fruit valuable for 

 the market, with its large size and firm flesh; oval, distinctly sutured; skin yellowish-white, 

 blushed with purplish-red where exposed; flesh white, stained near the pit, firm, juicy, 

 sprightly; stone free, large, ovoid, plump; matures late in August. 

 Ord. I. Land. Hort. Soc. Cat. loi. 1831. 



Ord is allied to Chancellor. Glands reniform; flowers small; skin greenish-yellow; 

 flesh melting; of second quality; ripens at the beginning of September. 

 Oriole, i. La. Sta. Bui. 21:612. 1893. 2. Del. Sta. Rpt. 13:105. 1901. 



Oriole originated with Dr. L. E. Berckmans, Augusta, Georgia, about 1876 from a 

 pit of General Lee. On the Station grounds the variety is a fair producer but the fmit is 

 only good for pickling. Tree inclined to spread, vigorous ; leaves broad, nearly flat, serrate ; 

 glands reniform; flowers appear in mid-season, large, pink; fruit large, oval to roundish- 

 oval; cavity deep, narrow; suture shallow, deepening at the apex which ends in a mucronate 

 tip; skin thick, tough, covered with coarse, thick pubescence; color golden-yellow, with a 

 varying blush and often with splashes of duller red ; flesh light yellow, stained at the pit, 

 moderately juicy, meaty, coarse, sprightly; stone clinging, oval, pointed, winged; ripens 

 the third week in September. 

 Orlando, i. La. Sta. Bui. 22:681. 1893. 2. Ibid. 27:943. 1894. 



Fruit of medium size; color white, with a red cheek; flesh stained near the pit; cling- 

 stone; ripens in Louisiana early in Jime. 



