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Crimson Beauty 11. i. Bailey Ann. Hort. 184. 1892. 



Tree with heavy, dark foliage; fruit large, highly colored; flesh firm, fine; freestone; 

 ripens in November. 



Crimson Galande. i. Hogg Fruit Man. 217. 1866. 2. Mas Le Verger 7:191, 192, 

 fig. 94. 1866-73. 3- Hogg Fruit Man. 441. 1884. 



Crimson Mignonne. 4. Jour. Hort. N. S. 5:188. 1863. 



Crimson Galande is one of the many seedlings raised by Thomas Rivers, Sawbridge- 

 worth, England. Tree an abundant bearer; glands globose; flowers small; fruit large, 

 roundish, uneven in outline, faintly sutured; skin almost entirely covered with very dark 

 crimson; flesh white, purple about the pit, melting, juicy, sprightly; stone free, small, 

 ovoid; ripens at the end of August. 

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



Crockett Late White. 2. Card. Mon. 2:335 %• i860. 3. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 28. 

 1877. 



Crockett Late. 4. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 32. 1887. 



Crockett originated in New Jersey and was once popular as a late, market sort. In 

 1877, it was added to the fruit-list of the American Pomological Society; in 1887, the 

 name was changed to Crockett Late; the variety was finally dropped in 1891. Glands 

 reniform; fnait medium to large, oblong, greenish- white, with an occasional blush; flesh 

 pale, sweet, not very juicy; freestone; ripens the last of September. 

 Crofts Golden, i. La. Sta. Bui. 3:44. 1890. 



Listed by the Loiusiana Experiment Station. 

 Cromwell Seedling, i. Gard. Mon. 3:280. 1861. 



An early variety introduced by a Mr. Cromwell, Baltimore, Maryland. 

 Crothers. i. U. S. D. A. Rpt. 289. 1893. 2. Rural N. Y. 59:626 fig. 1900. 



A Mr. Crothers of Neosho Falls, Kansas, found this variety on his farm. On the 

 Station grounds it is very similar to Oldmixon Free. Tree fairly vigorous and productive; . 

 glands small, globose; flowers small, appearing early; fruit above medium in size, roundish- 

 oval, sometimes oblique, angular; apex often with a recurved, mamelon tip; skin thin, 

 tough, with fine, short pubescence, creamy-white, mottled with dark red; flesh white, 

 stained about the pit, juicy, stringy, sprightly; quality not as high as Oldmixon Free; 

 stone nearly free, large, plump, broadly oval, with a long point at the apex; ripens the 

 last of September. 

 Crown. I. Rea F/ora 211. 1676. 



Listed as a fair fruit ripening with Newington. 

 Cumberland, i. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 151. 1881. 2. Soc. Nat. Hort. France Pom. 300 

 fig., 301. 1904. 



An American variety but little known. Tree moderately vigorous, productive; 

 glandless; flowers large; fruit medium in size, somewhat oblate; skin creamy-white, marbled 

 with deep red; flesh white to the stone, melting, juicy, sweet; quality very good; stone 

 small, oval, acutely pointed, nearly free; matures early in July. 

 Curtis. I. Tex. Sta. Bui. 39:806. 1896. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 32. 1899. 



A southern variety named after Professor G. W. Curtis, College Station, Texas. The 



