330 THE PEACHES OF NEW YORK 



Chisolm. I. Tex. Nur. Cat. 4. 19 13. 



The Texas Ntirsery Company, Sherman, Texas, describes this variety as a yellow 

 freestone grown by W. H. Chisolm, Grayson County, Texas; it ripens after Elberta. 

 Christiana, i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 603. 1869. 2. Tex. Sta. Bui. 39:810. 1896. 

 3. Md. Sta. Bui. 159:155. 1911. 



Downing speaks of a white-fieshed Christiana from Pomaria, South Carolina. Other 

 pomologists say it has yellow flesh. On the Station grounds the tree is vigorous and 

 only moderately productive. Glands small, globose; flowers appear in mid-season, small; 

 petals edged with a deep pink; fruit large, roundish-oval, with a beaked apex, angular; 

 cavity deep; suture shallow; skin tough, covered with fine pubescence, golden-yellow, washed 

 with deep red and with a few splashes; flesh light yellow, tinged with red about the pit, 

 juicy, firm, stringy, sprightly; quality good; stone free, large, ovate, plump; matures the 

 third week in September. 

 Christmas Seedling, i. N Y. Sta. Rpt. 12:612. 1893. 



Received at this Station in 1893 from Warren Hartle, Covington, Ohio. 

 Citry a Fruit Blanc, i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 392. 1889. 



Listed in this reference. 

 Clara, i. Fla. Sta. Bui. 62:511, 512. 1902. 



Clara is a seedling of Waldo raised by T. K. Godbey, Waldo, Florida. Fruit large, 

 roundish-oblong; suture nearly lacking; apex rounded, oblique, with a very smaU tip; 

 skin velvety, yellowish-red in the sun; flesh firm, white, melting, juicy, with a slight 

 almond flavor; quality very good; stone large, oval, pointed, free; ripens early. 

 Clara Mayer, i. Guide Prat. 43. 1895. 



Tree productive; glands reniform; flowers double; fruit large, roundish-oval; skin 

 greenish-yellow, faintly blushed where exposed; flesh greenish-yellow, juicy; freestone; 

 an ornamental. 

 Clarissa, i. Tex. Sta. Bui. 39:811. 1896. 



Clarissa seems to be well thought of in Texas, where it originated, but at Geneva it 

 is unproductive; fruit of good quality. Glands large, reniform; flowers appear in mid- 

 season, small; petals edged with dark pink; fruit above medium in size, oval-cordate, 

 halves unequal, bulged at the apex; skin tough, covered with short, thick pubescence, 

 golden-yellow mingled with lively red which deepens on the exposed side; flesh yellow, 

 stained at the pit, juicy, rather coarse and stringy, sweet, pleasing ; stone below mediimi in 

 size, oval, drawn in about the base, plump, semi-free; ripens the second half of September. 

 Clark Early, i. U. S. Pat. Off. Rpt. 257. 1854. 



Originated with Lewis Clark, St. Louis, Missouri. Said to be one of the earhest to 

 ripen. Tree a slow grower, productive; fruit small, of rich flavor. 

 Clarke, i. Cole Am. Fr. Book 194. 1849. 



Clarke originated with A. Clarke, Sherburne, New York; fruit very large, roimdish, 

 yellow, blushed with red; flesh yellow except at the stone, juicy, sugary, aromatic; ripens 

 September loth. 

 Claudine Willennoz. i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 392. 1889. 



Listed in this reference. 



