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Stark Heath is said to be an improvement over Heath Cling. Frait of medium size, 

 roundish, shghtlj' oval; apex prominent ; suture distinct ; color clear creamy-white, somewhat 

 blushed; flesh creamy-white, juicy, tender, melting, with a vinous flavor; quality good; 

 stone clinging; ripens a month after Elberta. 



Steadley. i. Horticulturist 23:25. 1873. 2. Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 460. 1883. 3. Mich. 

 Sia. Bui. 169:226. 1899. 4. Bvtdd-Hansen Am. Hort. Man. 2:356. 1903. 



This variety is said to be a seedling of La Grange which it resembles. Leaves with 

 reniform glands; fruit large, roundish, inclining to ovate, with a slight suture; skin creamy- 

 white, washed with pink; flesh free, white, very juicy, tender, with a mild sprightliness ; 

 quality good; season from the middle to the last of September. 

 Steams, i. Mich. Sta. Sp. Bui. 44:62. 1910. 



This variety, which was introduced in 1906, originated with J. N. Steams, South 

 Haven, Michigan. The fruit is about the size of Elberta which it surpasses in quality and 

 brilliancy of color. It is a perfect freestone, with yellow flesh and ripens just after Elberta. 

 Steele, i. Can. Hort. 24:418. 1901. 



Originated with Dr. M. Steele, Tavistock, Perth County, Ontario. Tree productive; 

 fruit large, vnth an attractive, creamy skin and red cheek; flesh white, tender, juicy; good; 

 season the last of August. 

 Stenson October, i. La. Sta. Bui. 81:31. 1905. 



Undesirable in Louisiana. 

 Stephenson Cling, i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 641, 642. 1857. 2. Horticulturist N. S. 

 7:178. 1857. 



This peach is supposed to be a seedling of Blood Cling grown by Thomas Stephenson, 

 Clark County, Georgia. Fruit large, roundish, with a distinct suture; skin creamy-white, 

 wnth a dark, dull, purplish-red blush; flesh white, with tinges of red and deep red at the 

 stone, very tender, melting, juicy, wth a pleasant, vinous flavor; ripens September first. 

 Stetson. I. Mag. Hort. 13:114. 1847. 2. Hovey Fr. Am. 1:53, PI. 1851. 3. Downing 

 Fr. Trees Am. 626. 1857. 



This is an accidental seedHng which sprang U]) in 1843 in the garden of N. Stetson, 

 Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Fruit large, roundish, with a shallow suture; skin greenish- 

 white, marbled and shaded with crimson; flesh white, pink at the stone, very melting, 

 juicy, brisk, rich; stone free; ripens from the middle to the last of September. 

 Stevens Late. i. Mich. Sta. Bui. 104: go. 1894. 2. Ibid. 169: 22'j. 1899. 



Late Rareripe Stevens'. 3. Ga. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 25. 1876. 4. Ibid. 15. 1878. 



Stevenson's Oct. 5. Ala. Sta. Bui. 11:10. 1890. 



Stevens Late originated in Delaware or New Jersey. Tree strong; fruit of medium 

 size, roxmdish, with an indistinct suture; skin creamy-white, with a bright, mottled 

 blush ; flesh pale creamy-white, with a little red at the pit, moderately jmcy, tender, with 

 a sprightly, vinous flavor; quality good; season early October. 

 Stewart Nos. i and 2. i. iV. Y. Sta. Rpt. 15:290. 1897. 



Listed in the reference; received at this Station from S. Richardson, Richardson, Utah. 

 Stickler Cling, i. ///. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 77. 1893. 



Listed in this reference. 



