DESCRIPTIONS OF POPULAR PEACHES 249 



Stump the World (New Jersey) .Large, strong; skin creamy white, with 

 bright red cheek; flesh white, juicy, and highly flavored. Commended for 

 family use by the Southern California Nurserymen's Association. Curls some- 

 what in some localities; freestone. 



Crawford's Late (New Jersey). Very large, roundish, yellow with dark red 

 cheek; flesh deep yellow, juicy, and melting; flavor rich and excellent; a popular 

 and widely-grown variety, but very subject to curl-leaf in some localities; free- 

 stone. 



Lemon Clingstone (South Carolina). Large, lemon-shaped or oblong, having 

 large, projecting, swollen point like a lemon; skin fine yellow; flesh firm, yellow 

 with sprightly vinous subacid ; slightly red at the pit ; which adheres firmly. 



Orange Clingstone. Large, round; suture distinctly marked and extending 

 nearly around the fruit ; no swelling at apex, like Lemon Clingstone ; deep orange 

 color, with red cheek; flesh yellow, firm, juicy, with rich flavor; somewhat sub- 

 ject to mildew. Though largely grown, this variety has been largely supplanted 

 by the following sub-varieties, which are seedlings from it. 



Sellers' Golden Cling (California). Originated on the farm of S. A. Sellers, 

 Contra Costa County, and introduced by James Shinn. Very large, rich golden 

 color ; tree healthy ; one of the very best of clings ; ripens with Late Crawford. 



Runyon's Orange Cling (California). "Originated with Mr. Sol Runyon on 

 the Sacramento River. Superior to the common Orange Cling. Runyon's 

 Orange Cling has globose glands, and is not subject to mildew like the common 

 sort. Fruit very large, yellow, with a dark crimson cheek; rich, sugary, and 

 vinous flavor. Highly esteemed and extensively planted in the Sacramento 

 region and elsewhere." John Rock. 



Nichols' Orange Cling (California). Originated by Joseph Nichols, of Niles, 

 introduced by James Shinn. Large, yellow, with purple cheek; flesh yellow and 

 good. Tree healthy and a heavy bearer. 



Peck's Orange Cling (California). "Originated at Healdsburg, Sonoma 

 County. Improved seedling of Orange Cling, of Downing. Large, handsome, 

 yellow-fleshed, free from curl, hardy, vigorous, productive, superior for market 

 or drying; olanted more extensively in Santa Rosa Valley than in any other." 

 Luther Burbank. 



Stilson (California). "Originated at Marysville (?). Perfect shape; very 

 large ; red cheek with crimson stripes ; yellow-fleshed, more highly colored than 

 Susquehanna; table and market quality excellent; ripens after Crawford's Late; 

 freestone." P. W. Butler. 



Susquehanna (Pennsylvania). Large, nearly globular, suture half-round; skin 

 rich yellow, nearly covered with red; flesh yellow, sweet, juicy, with rich, vinous 

 flavor ; freestone ; tree healthy. Very widely distributed and popular. 



McCowan's Cling (California). Originated with Dr. McCowan, of Ukiah. 

 Yellow cling; round, smooth outline; no suture; no red at pit, which is small; 

 flesh firm, fine-grained, and sweet; not much subject to curl; fruit apt to run 

 small unless carefully thinned ; reported an irregular bearer in Alameda County ; 

 liked by canners ; approved by Placer County. 



Lovell (California). Originated as chance seedling with G. W. Thissell, and 

 named by him in 1882; propagated by Leonard Coates, of Napa. Yellow, free- 

 stone ; size uniformly large, almost perfectly round ; flesh fine, texture firm, solid, 

 clear yellow to the pit ; tree a good grower and bearer ; superior for canning and 

 shipping, and dries well. Said to curl in some places. "The richest peach I 

 ever saw on a tray." E. A. Bonine, Los Angeles County. The most popular 

 yellow freestone for canning and drying. Sometimes reported as "heavier" than 

 the Muir. 



McKevitt's Cling (California). Originated as a chance seedling in apricot 

 orchard planted by M. R. Miller, on place owned later by A. McKevitt, Vaca 

 Valley; named in 1882 by nurserymen who propagated it. A white clingstone; 

 flesh very firm, fine-grained, sugary, and rich, high flavor, white to the pit; skin 

 strong, and fruit excellent for shipping or canning ; tree remarkably strong in 

 growth and free from disease. Widely distributed. 



