POPULAR CALIFORNIA PEACHES 



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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. 



t~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 snipping, 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 drying 

 "heavier" than the Muir. 



McKevitt's Cling (California). Originated as 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 friut excellent for shipping or canning; tree remarkably strong in 

 growth and free from disease. Widely distributed. 



The Lovell, a California seedling. 



