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Floyd. I. Ortiz Fruit Farm Cat. 2T . 1900. 



According to the catalog of the Ortiz Fruit Farm, Mexico, Missouri, Floyd was found 

 in Mexico, Missouri, by Wallace Bassford of that place. Tree very hardy; fruit hangs 

 well, large; skin tough, creamy- white, blushed where exposed; flesh tender, white, juicy; 

 freestone; ripens September 2Sth. 

 Flushing Heath, i. Van Lindley Cat. 17. 1892. 



This is a large, white-fleshed clingstone which ripens the last of August, according 

 to the Van Lindley Company, Pomona, North Carolina. 

 Ford. I. Budd-Hansen Am. Hort. Man. 2:345. 1903. 



New Ford. 2. Mich. Sta. Bui. 118:30. 1895. 3. Ibid. 169:213. 1899. 



Probably originated in Delaware. Tree moderately vigorous, upright, with drooping 

 branches; glands globose; flowers small; fruit large, roundish, yellow, blushed with red; 

 flesh yellow, tinged at the pit, moderately juicy, firm, mild, sweet; quality good; pit free, 

 oval, plump, pointed; ripens early in September. 

 Ford Choice, i. N. Y. Sta. Rpt. 15:289. 1897. 



Ford Choice was received at this Station for testing in 1892 from J. S. Ford, Pittsford, 

 New York. Fruit large, irregularly oval, with a shallow suture ; skin yellow, with markings 

 of dark red; flesh yellow, slightly stained with red at the pit which is nearly free, juicy, 

 somewhat stringy, firm; quality good; ripens early in September. 

 FordLate. i. III. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 57,. 1896. 2. Budd-Hansen Am. if ori. Ma«. 2:345. 1903. 



Ford Late, as it fruits on the Station grounds, is of doubtful value. Trees vigorous, 

 productive; leaves with small, globose glands; flowers appear early, large, pink; fruit large, 

 oval, tapering, halves unequal, sides drawn in about the cavity; apex with a mucronate 

 tip; skin covered with long, coarse pubescence, thin, tough, lemon-yellow to creamy, with 

 a faint blush of pink; flesh white, neither very juicy nor stringy, sprightly; stone brown, 

 free, large, obovate, with a wedge-shaped base; ripens early in October. 

 Ford No. I. I. Tex. Sta. Bui. 8:34. 1889. 2. Ibid. 39:807. 1896. 3. Mich. Sta. 

 Bui. 169:213. 1899. 



Tree strong, spreading, productive if not too far south; glands few, reniform; fruit 

 medium to large, roundish-elongated, faintly sutured ; skin creamy-white, with a delicate 

 wash of bright red; flesh creamy-white, tinged with red at the pit, juicy, tender, sprightly, 

 vinous; quality good; pit plump, semi-clinging; ripens from the middle to the last of August. 

 Ford No. 2. I. Tex. Sta. Bui. 8:34. 1889. 2. Ibid. 39:811. 1896. 3. Mich. Sta. 

 Bui. 169:213. 1899. 



Trees round-headed, fairly productive; glands globose; flowers small; frttit of medium 

 size, roundish, slightly ovate; suture indistinctly marked; cavity broad, deep; color yellow, 

 with a red cheek; flesh red at the stone, tender, vinous, juicy; stone oval, pointed, plump, 

 free; quality good; ripens on the Station grounds the last of September. 

 Ford No. 3. I, Tex. Sta. Bui. 8:34. 1889. 2. Mich. Sta. Bui. 16^:214. 1899. 



Described as follows as it grows on the Station grounds: Trees strong; glands reni- 

 form.; flowers small; fruit of medium size, roundish; apex indistinct; skin greenish-yellow, 

 with a thin bloom; flesh white, tinged with red at the pit, juicy, tender, vinous; stone free, 

 plump, pointed; quality poor; ripens the last of October. 



