394 THE PEACHES OF NEW YORK 



Kelly Surprise, i. Texas Nur. Cat. 5. 19 13. 



A semi-clingstone, yellow-fleshed variety ripening in June, according to the Texas 

 Nursery Company, Sherman, Texas. 

 Kelsey Cling, i. Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt: 188. 1880. 



Named after its originator, Stephen Kelsey, Three Rivers, Michigan. Tree vigorous; 

 leaves crenate, with reniform glands; fruit of medium size, roundish; skin with a ligfit coat 

 of pubescence, creamy-white, with a marbled cheek; flesh stained at the pit, tender, firm, 

 juicy, rich; ripens with Heath Cling. 

 Kenrick Clingstone, i. Kenrick Am. Orck. 185. 1835. 



A variety of New England origin first fruiting in 1833. Fruit large, roundish-oblong, 

 pointed at the apex; color golden-yellow, with a red cheek; flesh yellow, juicy, sweet, vinous, 

 excellent; season the last of September. 



Kent I. I. U. S. D. A. Pom. Rpt. 42, 43. 1895. 2. Mich. Sta. Sp. Bui. 44:48. 

 1910. 



J. D. Husted called this peach, his seedling No. 18, Kent, in honor of the county in 

 Michigan where it originated. Glands globose; fruit roundish, above meditun in size; 

 skin rather harsh, with short down, greenish-white, washed, mottled and striped with 

 crimson; flesh stained at the stone, tender yet firm, juicy, subacid; ripens in Georgia early 

 in July. 

 Kent n. I. Berckmans Cat. 9. 1908-09. 



The catalog of P. J. Berckmans, Augusta, Georgia, describes this peach as a new cling- 

 stone originating with L. W. Kent, Augusta, Georgia; skin very tough but peels readily; 

 flesh yellow, buttery; ripens in Georgia August ist to 15th. 

 Kemloser Aprikosenpfirsich. i. lDochnahlFu.hr. Ob stkunde 3:220. 1858. 



Tree productive; flowers small; fruit large; flesh red; clingstone; ripens early in 

 September. 

 Kerr. i. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 22. 1897. 



Jessie Kerr. 2. Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 314. 1889. 



• Kerr is a southern variety said to be larger and earlier than Alexander. It originated 

 in Maryland. It was added to the fruit-list of the American Pomological Society in 1897. 

 The fruit is of medium size and a freestone. 

 Kerr Dwarf, i. U. S. D. A. Pom. Rpt. 43. 1895. 



Kerr Cling No. i? 2. U. S. D. A. Rpt. 392. 1891. 



The tree is semi-dwarf in habit, with dense foliage; glands reniform; fruit large, 

 roundish; suture shallow; skin yellow, washed, mottled and splashed with red, thick, 

 tough; flesh stained slightly about the pit, firm, juicy, mild subacid, sprightly; stone large, 

 oval, adherent ; matures early in September. 

 Kestrel, i. Bunyard Cat. Fr. Trees 35. 1913-14. 



Kestrel is a variety raised by Thomas Rivers, Sawbridgeworth, England. Fruit large, 

 rich crimson; flesh tender, juicy; ripens early in August. 

 Kew Seedling, i. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 97. 183 1. 



Glands globose; flowers small; fruit of second size, pale }'ellow and dark red; flesh 

 melting; of second quality; matiu-es early in September. 



