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slightly oblong; suture distinct, two-thirds around the fruit; skin pale yeUow, mottled 

 with red; flesh deep red at the pit, moderately juicy, firm, with a slight acid taste; quality 

 good; stone free; matures the last of September. 

 Martha Fern Cling, i. Stark Bros. Cat. 38. 1913. 



A white-fleshed clingstone from Pike County, Missouri, according to Stark Brothers, 

 Louisiana. Missouri. 

 Martindale. i. Kan. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 52. 1901. 



Raised by a Mr. Martindale of Kansas. Tree ver^' hardy; fruit white, very sweet,- 

 rich and juicy; freestone; ripens early in August. 



Mary. i. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 33. 1899. 2. Budd-Hansen Am. Hort. Man. 2:351 

 1903. 



Mary Choice. 3. Thomas Guide Prat. 44, 217. 1876. 



Mar\" is a good dessert and market sort grown in New Jersey and Marjdand. It 

 was placed on the fruit-list of the American Pomological Society in 1899. Fruit large, 

 oblong; flesh yellow, firm, very good; freestone; season late. 

 Mary Choice (Kerr), i. Del. Sia. Rpt 5:99. 1892. 



Listed in this reference. 

 Marydel. i. Del. Sta. Rpt. 5:99. 1892. 



Listed in this reference. 

 Maryland Early, i. Card. Mmi. 18:273. 1876. 



A seedUng from Frederick City, Mar\-land. One of the earUest to ripen in that 

 locality. 

 Masicot. I. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 32. 1889. 



Mascott^. 2. Fla. Sta. Bui. 62:516. 1902. 



Griffing Brothers raised Masicot from a seed of Waldo. It first fruited in 1894 and 

 was put on the fruit-Ust of the American Pomological Society in 1889. Fruit two and 

 one-half inches high, nearly rovmd; color creamy-yellow, washed or flecked with carmine, 

 becoming deeper; flesh creamy-white, stained at the stone, juicy, subacid; freestone; ripens 

 a few days later than Waldo. 



Mathews, i. Budd-Hansen .4m. Hort. Man. 2:351. 1903. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 38. 

 1909. 



Matltews Beauty. 3. Rural N. Y. 57:610. 1898. 



Matthews Beauty. 4. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 51. 1897. 5. W. N. Y. Hort. Soc. 

 Rpt. 13. 1907. 



Matthews. 6. Rural N. Y. 59:706. 1900. 



Mathews is supposed to be a cross between Elberta and Smock which originated 

 with J. C. Mathews, Cuthbert, Georgia. Fruit large, roundish; color golden yellow, with 

 streaks of red and a crimson cheek; flesh yellow, firm, juicy, mild, free; quality good; 

 season early in August. 



Maule Early, i. Black Cat. 16. 1907. 2. ///. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 203. 1911. 3. Black 

 Cat. 5. 1913. 



According to the statement of Joseph H. Black, Son and Company. Hightstown, 

 New Jersey, this variety is a seedling of Mamie Ross. It was introduced in the fall of 



