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Sylphide. i. Tex. Sta. Bui. 39:809. 1896. 2. Del. Sta. Rpt. 13:109. 1901. 



Sylphide Cling. 3. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 161. 1881. 



Sylphide is a seedling of General Lee and originated in 1S74 with Dr. L. E. Berckmans. 

 Augusta, Georgia. Tree vigorous, productive; fruit mediiim to large, roundish-oblong, 

 compressed, with a distinct suture; color creamy-white, dotted with red; flesh adherent, 

 white, red at the pit, juicy, mild subacid; ripens the last of August. 

 Sumner Early, i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 633, 634. 1869. 



Fruit medium to large, with an attractive blush; flesh white, firm, free; ripens 

 early. 

 Sumner White Free. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 634. 1869. 



Originated in South Carolina. Fruit large, nearly round, slightly depressed, with 

 unequal sides; suture distinct; skin whitish-green, shaded with red; flesh white, juicy, 

 sweet; ripens the first of September. 

 Simrise. i. W. N. Y. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 25. 1904. 



Sunrise originated with Miller Brothers, Paw Paw, West Virginia, as a seedling of 

 Heath Cling. Fruit large, roundish-oblong; color creamy-white, with a red blush; flesh 

 firm, very juicy, sweet; quality good; clingstone; ripens very late. 

 Sunset. I. Fla. Sta. Rpt. 8:8q. 1896. 



Listed in this reference. 

 Superbe de Choisy. i. Mathieu Norn. Pom. 416. 1889. 2. Guide Prat. 41. 1895. 



Fruit ver}- large; flesh juicy, sweet, agreeably aromatic, white, red at the pit which 

 is free; ripens the last of 'September. 

 Superbe de Trevoux. i. Cat. Cong. Pom. France 115 fig. 1906. 



Fmit large, with a distinct stxture which divides the fruit into two unequal faces; 

 skin nearly covered with dark red; flesh juicy, sweet, pleasantl}' flavored; quality good; 

 ripens the last of August. 

 Superior Late. i. Country Gent. 26:256. 1865. 



Scattcrgood No. i. 2. Trans. Am. Inst. 211. 1865. 



This is a seedling raised about sixty years ago by H. V. Scattergood, Albany, New 

 '^'ork. It is a large clingstone of good quality, ripening early in October. 

 Surpasse Bon Guvrier. i. Card. Chron. 3rd Ser. 1:210. 1887. 



Fruit large, round, furrowed on one side ; color deep scarlet in the sun ; flesh melting, 

 sweet, yellowish-white, red at the pit which is free; ripens the last of September. 

 Surprise, i. Prince Pom. Man. 2:33. 1^32- 



Tree productive; fruit very large, with a dingy-red or purplish siirface; flesh deep 

 yellow, with crimson veins running towards the center; quality very good; freestone. 

 Surprise de Jodoigne. i. Ann. Pom. Beige 6:91, 92, PI. 1858. 



Fruit mcditun in size, roundish, flattened at the base; skin yellow, mottled and 

 dotted with red; flesh juicy, sweet, yellow, red at the pit which is free; quality fair. 

 Surprise de Pellaine. i. Thomas Guide Prat. 41. 1876. 2. Leroy Diet. Pom. 6:281, 

 282 fig. 1879. 



Introduced about 1864 by Henri Delloyer, a Belgian. Leaves glandless; fruit medium 

 to large, roundish-oval, with a well-marked suture; sldn pale greenish-yellow, washed 



