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October Yellow, i. Am. /owr. Hort. 3:344. 1868. 



A rather small, yellow, freestone peach of good quality, ripening in Illinois early in 

 October. It may be the October Free from Missouri. 

 Octoberta. i. Austin Nur. Cat. 10. 1909. 



T. Heep, Austin, Texas, raised this variety about 1909, probably from a pit of Elberta. 

 The fruit ripens in September and October, according to the Austin Nursery Company, 

 Austin, Texas. 

 O'Gwynne. i. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 205. 1858. 



Listed as growing in the south. 

 Oignies. i. Ann. Pom. Beige 7:45, 46, PI. 1859. 



There is a difference of opinion as to the origin of this variety but it is generally believed 

 to have come from seed in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. Tree vigorous, productive; 

 fruit large, roundish; suture large but shallow; skin heavily pubescent, greenish-yellow, 

 more or less colored with red; flesh yellowish-white, colored at the stone, melting, juicy; 

 stone oval, medium in size, free; ripens early in September. 

 Old English, i, Tex. Sta. Bui. 8:34. 1889. 



Listed by the Texas Experiment Station. 

 Old Newington. i. Langley Pomona 104, PI. 31 fig. i. 1729. 2. Prince Pom. Man. 

 2:9,r 10. 1832. 



Newington. 3. Parkinson Par. Ter. 580. 1629. 



Large Newington. 4. Coxe Cult. Fr. Trees 226. 1817. 



Newington Magdalene? g. DochnaiA Fuhr. Obstkunde 3:200. 1858. 



Old Newington was at one time a favorite cling in England, having been cultivated 

 there for over two hundred years. Flowers large; leaves doubly serrate, glandless; fruit 

 large, globular, with a slight suture; skin pale yellowish- white, with a red cheek; flesh pale 

 yellowish-white, stained with deep red at the stone, firm, juicy, rich; ripens the middle of 

 September. 

 Old Royal Charlotte, i. hmdley Guide Orch. Card. 250, 251. 183 1. 



Old Royal Charlotte has been known in England since about 1760. Leaves doubly 

 serrate, glandless; flowers large, pale; fruit of medium size, roundish, narrowed at the apex; 

 skin pale greenish-yellow, marbled with deep red; flesh white to the stone, soft, vinous; 

 stone obtuse, free; ripens from the middle to the last of August. 

 Old Settler, i. la. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 532. 1898. 



A hardy variety grown in Iowa. 

 Olden. I. U. S. D. A. Rpt. 392. 1891. 



This white-fleshed freestone ripens the first of September in southern Missouri. 

 Olga. I. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 41. 1877. 



A seedling of Lady Parham raised by L. E. Berckmans, Rome, Georgia, about 1873. 

 Onderdonk. i. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 46. 1891. 2. Tex. Sta. Bui. 39:806. 1896. 

 3. Budd-Hansen^lw. Hori. Maw. 2:353. 1903. 4. Ala. Sta. Bui. 156:134. 1911. 



Onderdonk's Favorite. 5. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 160. 1881. 



Onderdonk bears the name of its originator, G. Onderdonk, Nursery, Texas. Tree 

 vigorous and productive in the south; leaves with reniform glands; fruit of medium size. 



