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Ford Red. i. Mich. Sta. Bui. 118:30. 1895. 2. Ibid. 169:213. iSgg. 



Ford Red is thought to have originated in Delaware. Trees roundish, with an upright 

 head, fairly productive; fruit medium-sized, slightly enlarged at the suture, generally oval; 

 cavity deep, narrow; color creamy-white, with a slight blush; flesh white, reddish and 

 rather bitter at the pit, juicy, tender, rich, mild; quality good; pit free, oval, pointed, 

 quite plump; .season early in September. 



Ford Seedling, i. Loud. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 5:539. 1824. .2. Lindley Guide Orch. Card. 

 248. 1 83 1. 



Leaves doulily serrate, glandless; flowers large; fruit of medium size, slightly narrowed 

 at the apex; skin yellowish-green, marbled with bright red; flesh yellow to the stone, juicy, 

 with a rich, astringent flavor; freestone; ripens the middle of September. 

 Fords. I. Ga. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 63. 1891. 



A large, very early, white-fleshed freestone. 

 Fords Improved, i. Gal. Sia. Rpt. 393. 1895-97. 



A white-fleshed freestone of the Chinese type. It ripens early but is soft and is a poor 

 keeper. 

 Forrester, i. Am. Pom. Soc. Gat. 33. 1899. 2. Waugh Am. Peach Orch. 202. 1913. 



A large, round, good peach, from Georgia. Fruit yellowish-red; ripens in mid-season. 

 Four in One. i. Gontineutal PL Gat. 13. 1916. 



According to the Continental Plant Company, Kittrell, North Carolina, this variety 

 is the largest peach that grows and the firmest of the mid-summer varieties. Skin deep 

 creamy and crimson, tough; flesh soft, juicy, melting. 



Fourteen Ounce, i. Del. Sta. Rpt. 5:98. 1892. 2. Gan. Exp. Farm Bui. 2ncl Ser. 3:65. 

 1900. 



A clingstone, listed but not described in these references. 

 Fox. I. Am. Pom. Soc. Gat. 44. 1891. 2. Ibid. i^. 1899. 3. Mich. Sta. Bid. 169: 

 214. 1899. 4. Budd-Hansen Am. Hort. Man. 2:345. 1903. 



Fo.x's Secdlitii:,. 5. Downing Fr. Trees .Am. 47S. 1845. 



Fox originated in New Jersey. The American Pomological Society listed the variety 

 in its fruit-catalog in 1891 but dropped it in 1897, replacing it in 1899. Tree vigorous; 

 glands globose; fruit mediimi in size, roundish, slightly compressed, with a small suture 

 which extends nearh- around the fruit; skin creamy-white, with a red blush; flesh white, 

 red at the pit, free, melting, juicy, sweet, with a rich, vinous flavor; season the last of 

 September. 



Frances, i. Budd-Hansen Am. Hort. Man. 2:345, 346 fig. 1903. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. 

 Gat. 37. 1909. 3. Ala. Sta. Bid. 156:133. 1911. 4. Waugh Am. Peach Orch. 

 202. 1913. 



Francis. 5. U. S. D. A. Pom. Rpt. 42. 1895. 



There is doubt as to the place of origin of this peach. Most writers mention Ohio 

 but a communication from Leon Sanders, Plain Dealing, Louisiana, states that the variety 

 was found in that State by his father about 1895 and was introduced to the trade by L. T. 

 Sanders and Son. Frances was added to the fruit-list of the American Pomological Society 

 in 1909. Fruit large, roundish-oval, with a pronounced suture; apex prominent; skin 



