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LOVELL 



MAYFLOWER 



from seed planted in 1876 by J. W. Stuben- 

 rauch, Mexia, Texas, who named it Miss Lola 

 in honor of his daughter. 



172. Lola. (X%) 



Tree large, vigorous, upright-spreading, open-topped, 

 hardy, productive. Leaves 6 inches long, 1% inches 

 wide, obovate-lanceolate, thin ; margin finely serrate to 

 nearly crenate, glandular ; petiole % inch long, with 

 1-5 reniform glands. Flowers early, 2 inches across, 

 light to dark pink, usually in twos. Fruit early mid- 

 season ; 2% inches in diameter, round-oval, usually 

 oblique, compressed, with nearly equal halves ; cavity 

 deep, wide, abrupt, with tender skin ; suture shallow, 

 deepening toward the tip ; apex small, mucronate, 

 rounded or somewhat depressed ; color creamy-white 

 blushed with carmine deepened by a few dark splashes ; 

 pubescence short, thin ; skin thin, tough, separating 

 from the pulp ; flesh white, rayed with red near the pit, 

 very juicy, tender and melting, sweet with a pleasant 

 sprightliness ; good in quality ; stone semi-free to free. 



LOVELL. Little known in the East, Lovell 

 is one of the most widely planted of yellow- 

 fleshed freestones in California, where it has 

 the reputation of being the best canning, dry- 

 ing, and shipping freestone, as the flesh is often 

 heavier than that of Muir, which this variety 

 follows in season. The trees are remarkable 

 for their vigor and productiveness, but are said 

 to be susceptible to leaf-curl in some regions. 

 The variety originated as a chance seedling 

 with G. W. Thissell, Winters, California, in 

 1882. 



Tree very vigorous, spreading, somewhat drooping, 

 very productive ; glands globose ; flowers small, appear- 

 ing in midseason, heavily tinged with red. Fruit 

 midseason, 2^ inches wide, 2% inches in diameter, 

 round, compressed ; suture distinct, extending beyond 

 the apex ; skin bright yellow with a faint marbled 

 blush ; flesh yellow to the pit, firm, heavy ; quality good 

 to very good ; stone small, round-oval, free. 



McDEVITT CLING. This variety is rec- 

 ommended as one of the very good late yellow- 

 fleshed clingstones for California. The peaches 

 are said to be excellent for canning and ship 

 well also. The variety originated with Neal 

 McDevitt, Placer County, California. Nursery 

 catalogs describe the fruits as follows: 



Fruits very large, uniform, golden-yellow becoming 

 red when ripe ; flesh very firm and solid ; superior in 

 flavor, canning and shipping well ; season late or the 

 last of August in California. 



McKEVITT CLING. This white-fleshed 

 clingstone is largely grown in parts of Cali- 

 fornia. The variety is much prized for canning, 

 and because of the high quality of the fruit 

 is largely planted for home orchards. The 

 peaches ship well but are not generally grown 



for distant markets. McKevitt Cling origi- 

 nated as a chance seedling with A. McKevitt, 

 Vaca Valley, California, some time previous 

 to 1882. 



Tree large, upright, vigorous, round-topped, produc- 

 tive ; glands globose. Flowers small, tinged with pink, 

 midseason. Fruit midseason, large, round-oval ; suture 

 distinct; apex prominent; color creamy-white, marbled 

 with bright red ; flesh moderately juicy, faintly tinged 

 with red at the pit, firm, sweet, richly flavored ; quality 

 very good to best ; stone of medium size, oval, pointed, 

 clinging rather tenaciously. 



MAMIE ROSS. Mamie Ross seems to 

 have a very good reputation as a table and 

 market peach in Texas and other parts of the 

 South, but is hardly worth growing in the 

 North. The fruits have two bad faults: the 

 quality is not high, the flesh being coarse, 

 juicy, and insipid in flavor; and the peaches 

 bruise with the least possible handling, so that 

 they cannot be shipped to advantage. Mamie 

 Ross comes at a season when there are many 

 other good midseason, white-fleshed peaches, 

 and may, therefore, be thrown out of the list 

 for northern regions. Mamie Ross originated 

 about 1881 with Captain A. J. Ross, Dallas, 

 Texas. 



Tree large, vigorous, upright-spreading to somewhat 

 drooping, open-topped, hardy, productive. Leaves 6% 

 inches long, 1% inches wide, obovate-lanceolate, thick, 

 leathery ; margin finely serrate ; teeth tipped with 

 reddish-brown glands ; petiole % inch long, with 1-5 

 small, globose and reniform, reddish-brown glands. 

 Flowers early, 1% inches across, pink, single. Fruit 

 early midseason; 2^ inches in diameter, oblong, com- 

 pressed, usually with sides equal ; cavity deep, abrupt, 

 marked with streaks of red ; suture variable in depth ; 

 apex small, mucronate, set in a slight depression ; color 

 pale yellow, with more or less bright red in which are 

 splashes of darker red ; pubescence short, fine, thick ; 

 skin thin, tough, separates from the pulp ; flesh white, 

 streaked with red near the pit, very juicy, stringy, 

 tender, melting, sweet or somewhat sprightly, pleasantly 

 flavored ; good in quality ; stone semi-cling or cling, 

 long-elliptical, plump, long-pointed, bulged on one side, 

 with pitted and grooved surfaces. 



MATTHEWS. Matthews Beauty. 

 Matthews is recommended to peach-growers 

 of Maryland, New Jersey, and Delaware as a 

 valuable sort to succeed Elberta. Some grow- 

 ers find that in keeping and shipping charac- 

 ters the fruits are fully equal to those of 

 Elberta. The variety is seldom found in 

 northern or western orchards. Matthews is 

 supposed to be a cross between Elberta and 

 Smock, and originated with J. C. Matthews, 

 Cuthbert, Georgia, some time previous to 1898. 

 The variety is described in nursery catalogs 

 as follows: 



Tree vigorous, productive, fruiting annually ; fruit 

 late midseason, large, round ; skin golden yellow with 

 streaks of red and crimson cheek ; flesh yellow, firm, 

 juicy, mild ; quality good to very good or better than 

 that of Elberta ; stone large, oval, free. 



MAYFLOWER. Early Wonder. May- 

 flower has the distinction of ripening its fruit 

 earlier than any other peach. The trees are 

 hardy and productive as far north as Geneva, 

 New York, but the variety is grown in com- 

 mercial plantations only in the South, being 

 best suited to the southern parts of Georgia 

 and the coastal belt of the Gulf states. It is 



