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Reed. i. U. S. D. A. Pom. Rpt. 43. 1895- 



Reed Early Golden. 2. Card. Mon. 26:308. 1884. 



Fruit large, roundish, with a shallow suture; skin yellow, blushed and striped with 

 red; flesh yellow, tinged with red at the stone which is free, tender, mild subacid, rich; 

 quality very good; ripens the last of August. 

 Reeks, i. Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 279. 1882. 



Reeks ripens with Amsden and Alexander ; is larger and fuUy as attractive as these sorts. 

 Reeves Mammoth, i. Fla. Sta. Rpt. 8:89. 1896. 2. Glen St. Mary Nur. Cat. 13. 1900. 



This sort is said to have originated in Orange County, Florida. It is advertised as 

 a fine, large, productive, freestone peach, ripening early in August. 

 Regan Pride, i. III. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 95. 1882. 



Listed in this reference as a good variety. 

 Ren. I. Tex. Sta. Bui. 39:814. 1896. 



Tree vigorous but not productive; glands large, reniform; fruit of medium size, round, 

 with an acute point; color yellow, splashed with red; flavor pleasant acid; stone clinging; 

 ripens the last of June in Texas. 

 Rendatler. i. Carriere Var. Pickers 81. 1867. 2. Decaisne Jard. Fruit. 7:P1. 1872-75. 



Belle Mousseuse. 3. Thoraas Guide Prat. 52, 216. 1876. 



Fruit large, nearly round, with a distinct suture; skin pale yellow, with an attractive, 

 red blush; flesh yellowish- white, tinged with red at the pit which is free, juicy, tender, 

 sweet, with a pleasant flavor; ripens in Paris the last of August. 

 Reuinsiela. i. Ariz. Sta. Bui. 15:62. 1895. 



Listed in this reference. 

 Rey. I. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 412. 1889. 



Mentioned in this reference. 

 Reynolds, i. Mo. State Fr. Sta. Bui. 12:10, n, PI. 8. 1904. 



Fruit large, more oblate than Elberta; skin yellow, with a red blush; flesh yellow, 

 of the texture of Elberta but juicier and better flavored; season ten days earlier than 

 Elberta. 

 Richardson Mammoth, i. Del. Sta. Rpt. 5:99. 1892. 



Listed as growing in the Delaware Station Experiment orchard on the farm of Charles 

 Wright, near Seaford, Delaware. 



Richmond, i. Tilton Jour. Hort. 8:328, 329 fig. 1870. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 

 ist App. 122. 1872. 3. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 30. 1877. 



Richmond is one of a large number of seedlings raised by Dr. E. W. Sylvester^ Lyons, 

 New York. It was placed upon the fruit-list of the American Pomological Society in 

 1877 where it still remains. Glands reniform; fruit mediimi to large, roundish, slightly 

 compressed, with a distinct suture; skin yellow, shaded and mottled with dark, rich red; 

 flesh yellow, red at the stone which is free, juicy, melting, sweet, vinous; quaHty very 

 good; ripens the last of September. 

 Rickets, i. Langley Pomona 106, PI. XXXII fig. IV. 1729. 



First propagated by a Mr. Rickets. Fruit light yellow, with a vermilion blush; 

 flesh white, red at the pit, juicy, melting, sweet; ripens the last of August. 



