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popular because of its late ripening and splendid keeping qualities and gained a place 

 on the fruit-list of the American Pomological Society in 1871, which it held until 1897- 

 Leaves large; glands reniform; fruit medium in size, greenish-white; flesh white, stained 

 at the stone; quality fair; stone free, small. 

 Baltet. I. Thomas Guide Prat. 48. 1876. 2. Cat. Cong. Pom. France 86 fig. 1906. 



M. Baltet, Troyes, Aube, France, originated this variety about 1866. Leaves glandless; 

 flowers medium in size; fruit large, roundish-oval, with a mamelon tip at the apex; skin 

 creamy-white, reddish -purple where exposed; flesh tinged with red, deeper about the 

 stone; qualit}- excellent; stone elongated, with pointed apex; ripens early in October. 

 Baltimore Beauty, i. Do'UTiing Fr. Trees Am. 490. 1845. 



Leaves with globose glands; flowers large; fruit small, roundish-oval; color deep 

 orange, with a brilliant red cheek ; flesh yellow, red at the stone, sweet ; ripens early in August. 

 Baltimore Rose. i. Ohio Hort. Soc. Rpi. 9. 1857. 



\>ry similar to Oldmixon Cling. 

 Bandel. i. Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 279 1882. 2. Ibid. 197. 1883. 



This variety, grown from seed by a Mr. Bandel, Saugatuck, Michigan, closely resembles 

 Early Crawford but ripens five days earlier. 



Banner, i. Ont. Sta. Rpt. 5:107. 1898. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 32. 1899. 3. Mich. 

 Hort. Soc. Rpt. 107. 1903. 



Banner originated in Essex County, Canada, about 1880. At Geneva, the fruit is 

 small, fair in quality and the tree an uncertain yielder. In 1899 it was added to the 

 fruit-list of the American Pomological Society. Tree large, vigorous; leaves thin; glands 

 reniform; flowers small, pink; fruit small to above, roundish, slightly cordate; apex 

 rounded, with a mamelon tip; skin tough, with short, fine pubescence, deep yellow, 

 mottled with deep red; flesh yellow, stained with red at the pit, moderately juicy, 

 meaty, mild; quality fair; stone broadly oval, slightly flattened, deeph- grooved; ripens 

 about a week after the Elberta. 



Barber, i. Mich. Sta. Bui. 104:88. 1893. 2. Ibid. 118:32. 1895. 3. Ibid. 152:200. 

 1898. 



Hinman. 4. Del. Sta. Rpt. 5:98. 1892. 



Barber is thought to have originated in Allegan County, Michigan. The trees at 

 Geneva are not productive and the fruits are only fair in quality. Tree upright, slightly 

 spreading, vigorous; glands usually reniform; flowers small; fruit large, roundish-oval, 

 halves noticeably unequal; cavity wide, flaring; suture enlarged on one side; apex prom- 

 inent, with a recurved, mamelon tip; skin tough, thickly pubescent, lemon-yellow, with 

 a dull carmine blush giving a bronze effect; flesh yellow, tinged with red at the stone, 

 melting, mild subacid, lacks character; stone oval, dull brown, free; ripens the middle 

 of September. 

 Barcelona Yellow Clingstone, i. Prince Treat. Fr. Trees 17. 1820. 



A large clingstone ripening in October. 

 Barker No. 13. i. Kan. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 50. 1901. 



This is a descendant of Golden Rareripe which originated with F. G. Barker, Salina, 

 Kansas. Fruit large, downy, yellow, coarse. 



