VARIOUS SPECIES OF FRUITS 161 



CLINGSTONE VARIETIES 

 RED FLESHED 



BLOOD CLING. A very late small to medium, red-skinned, red-fleshed 

 variety of special excellence for culinary purposes but good also as a 

 fresh fruit. 



WHITE FLESHED 



HEATH CLING. Oldest American variety still grown. Remarkably hardy 

 and healthy. Very late; fruit may be kept till Christmas! Quality 

 often below moderate, but when well grown may be sweet and even 

 rich. Flesh adheres tenaciously to the stone, hence not valued for 

 dessert. Noted for preserving and especially for pickling. 



OLDMIXON CLING. A favorite for a century and a half, still a leader in 

 high quality rich, luscious, dessert and culinary, white fleshed, late. 

 Trees vigorous, hardy, healthy, but not remarkably prolific. 



WADDELL. A white-fleshed, semi-clingstone variety somewhat earlier 

 and better than Carman. Tree vigorous, hardy, prolific. 



YELLOW FLESHED 



ARP. The best early yellow variety. Medium sized, blushed, creamy- 

 yellow, with firm light yellow, sweet, rich, rather clingstone flesh 

 of excellent quality. Begins to ripen four to five weeks before Elberta. 

 Trees healthy, sturdy, hardy, prolific. 



LEMON CLING. A large yellow, lemon-like, firm-fleshed, juicy, mid-season 

 variety, popular for canning in California. Tree vigorous, prolific and 

 regular bearing. 



SEMI-CLING VARIETIES 

 WHITE 



GREENSBORO. Among early white-fleshed varieties, one of the leaders 

 because of its large, showy, creamy-white, blushed, juicy, fair-quality 

 fruits, and its large, sturdy, healthy, precocious and prolific trees do 

 well on a wide range of soils. 



IRON MOUNTAIN. Very late, large, white-fleshed, not attractive looking 

 enough for dessert, but excellent, especially for culinary purposes. 

 Flesh whit^, brown centered, juicy, tender, sweet, semi-freestone. Tree 

 hardy, vigorous but not always productive. 



LOLA. A popular, Southern, white-fleshed variety, which follows and is 

 of superior flavor to Greensboro; superior also to Champion, which it 

 precedes. Same season as Carman. Very juicy, melting, sweet, semi- 

 free. Tree vigorous, productive, hardier than Carman. 



FREESTONE VARIETIES 



WHITE FLESHED 



BELLE (of Georgia). One of the most beautiful, creamy-white, crimson- 

 cheeked fruits, with daintily marked white flesh of good but not best 

 quality; somewhat inferior to Champion. Early mid-season. Tree, 

 rather straggly, hardy and productive. 



A handsome, creamy-white, brilliant red-cheeked, but rather 

 poor-flavored, early variety of medium size. Tree remarkably adaptable 

 to diverse soils. 



