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slightly oblong; suture distinct, two-thirds around the fruit; skin pale yellow, mottled 

 with red; flesh deep red at the pit, moderately juicy, firm, with a shght acid taste; quality 

 good; stone free; matures the last of September. 

 Martha Fern Cling, i. Stark Bros. Cat. 38. 1913. 



A white-fleshed clingstone from Pike County, Missouri, according to Stark Brothers, 

 Louisiana, Missouri. 

 Martindale. i. Kan. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 52. 1901. 



Raised by a Mr. Martindale of Kansas. Tree very hardy; fruit white, very sweet, 

 rich and juicy; freestone; ripens early in August. 



Mary. i. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 33. 1899. 2. Budd-Hansen Am. Hort. Man. 2:351 

 1903. 



Mary Choice. 3. Thomas Guide Prat. 44, 217. 1876. 



Mary is a good dessert and market sort grown in New Jersey and Maryland. It 

 was placed on the fruit-list of the American Pomological Society in 1899. Fruit large, 

 oblong; flesh yellow, firm, very good; freestone; season late. 

 Mary Choice (Kerr), i. Del. Sta. Rpt 5:99. 1892. 



Listed in this reference. 

 MarydeL i. Del. Sta. Rpt. 5:99. 1892. 



Listed in this reference. 

 Maryland Early, i. Card. Mow. 18:273. 1876. 



A seedling from Frederick City, Maryland. One of the earliest to ripen in that 

 locality. 

 Masicot. I. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 32. 1889. 



Mascotie. 2. Fla. Sta. Bui. 62:516. 1902. 



Griffing Brothers raised Masicot from a seed of Waldo. It first fruited in 1894 and 

 was put on the fruit-list of the American Pomological Society in 1889. Fruit two and 

 one-half inches high, nearly round; color creamy-yellow, washed or flecked with carmine, 

 becoming deeper; flesh creamy-white, stained at the stone, juicy, subacid; freestone; ripens 

 a few days later than Waldo. 



Mathews, i. Budd-Hansen Am. Hort. Man. 2:351. 1903. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 38. 

 1909. 



Mathews Beauty. 3. Rural N. Y. 57:610. 1898. 



Matthews Beauty. 4. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 51. 1897. S- W. N. Y. Hort. Soc. 

 Rpt. 13. 1907. 



Matthews. 6. Rural N. Y 59:706. 1900. 



Mathews is supposed to be a cross between Elberta and Smock which originated 

 with J. C. Mathews, Cuthbert, Georgia. Fruit large, roundish ; color golden yellow, with 

 streaks of red and a crimson cheek; flesh yellow, firm, juicy, mild, free; quaHty good; 

 season early in August. 



Matile Early, i. Black Cat. 16. 1907. 2. III. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 203. 1911. 3. Black 

 Cat. 5. 1913. 



According to the statement of Joseph H. Black, Son and Company, Hightstown, 

 New Jersey, this variety is a seedling of Mamie Ross. It was introduced in the fall of 



