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



Keyport White. 2. Mich. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 411. 1871. 3. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 30. 

 ,1875. 4. A^. J. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 42. 1878. 



Keyport originated in the garden of Joseph Beer, Keyport, New Jersey, about 1852. 

 in 187s it was given a place on the fruit-list of the American Pomological Society as 

 Keyport White; later the name was changed to Keyport. Tree a good grower and a 

 heavy bearer; leaves with reniform glands; fruit large, freestone; ripens very late. 

 Kibby Golden, i. N. Y. Sta. Rpt. 15:290. 1897. 



Fruit above medium in size, distinctly sutured ; light yellow, approaching white, almost 

 entirely overspread with light pink; flesh decidedly tinged with red, changing to whitish 

 toward the pit, soft, coarse, juicy, sweet; fair in quality; ripens the middle of September. 

 Kilbourn. i. Mo. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 419. 1885. 2. III. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 159. 1889. 



Because of hardiness, this peach is sometimes called Canada Iron Clad. Phiit large; 

 flesh adheres to the stone; ripens with Hale Early. 

 King Solomon, i. Smith Bros. Caf. 15. 1913. 



Said by Smith Brothers, Concord, Georgia, to be one of the best late, yellow peaches; 

 larger than Elberta. It was propagated for many years in Georgia from seed; ripens there 

 the last of September. 

 Kinnaman Early. 1. Card. Man. 20:226. 1878. 2. W N. Y. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 51. 1879. 



This variety originated with Samuel Kinnaman of Delaware; fruit of medium size, 

 roundish; skin pale brownish-red on a pale greenish ground; flesh greenish- white to the 

 stone, juicy, sweet; very good; adheres partially to the pit; ripens a few days earlier than 

 Alexander. 

 Kite. I. Fla. Sta. But. 62:515. 1902. 



Kite is a Peento seedling which originated with Robert Kite, Waldo, Florida, about 

 1885. Fruit of medium size, roundish; cavity large, abrupt; suture wide, extending beyond 

 the apex; skin velvety, thick, creamy, washed with red; flesh creamy, pink at the pit, 

 firm, tender j juicy; quality mediiun, lacks character; clingstone; season the first of June. 

 Kitrells Favorite, i. Pa. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 48. 1882. 



Listed in this reference. 

 Kleine Charlestowner Ananaspfirsche. i. Christ Worterb. 350. 1802. 2. Christ Handb. 

 601. 1817. 



Very similar to Pineapple but smaller and more aromatic. 

 Kleiner Blutpfirsich. i. 'Doch.nahl Fiihr. Obstkunde z''^9?» i94- 1858. 



Sanguine a petit fruit. 2. Noisette Man. Cow^. /ari. 2:478. i860. 



Smaller and more heavily pubescent than Sanguinole. 

 Klondike, i. Rural N. Y. 56:662. 1897. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 37. 1909. 



Klondike is a chance seedling found in York County, Pennsylvania about 1885. The 

 tree on the Station grounds is only a moderate producer and its fruit is not as good as 

 Champion. It was put on the fruit-list of the American Pomological Society in 1909. Tree 

 upright-spreading, open» leaves broad, with small, globose glands; flowers small; fruit of 

 medium size, roundish -oval, halves unequal, compressed; sides inclined to draw in about 

 the cavity; apex with a small, mamelon tip; skin thin, tender, with short pubescence, 



