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Smith Favorite, i. Cole Am. Fr. Book 195. 1849. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 633. 



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 ^ Raised by Calvin Smith, Lincoln, Massachusetts. Glands reniform; fruit large, 

 roundish, with a deep suture; skin yellow, nearly covered with deep, rich red; flesh yellbw, 

 juicy, sweet, rich, delicious; freestone; season from the middle to the last of September. 

 Smith Indian, i. Ramsey Cat. 4. 1912. 



According to F. T. Ramsey and Son, Austin, Texas, this is a seedling which originated 

 in Austin. It is a large, red-fleshed, juicy clingstone ripening the last of July. 

 Smith Newington. i. Langley Pomona loi, PI. 28 fig. i. 1729. 2. Downing Fr. Trees 

 Aw. 498. 1845. 



Early Newington. 3. Miller Gar(i. Diet. 1752. 



New York Early Newington. 4. Coxe Cult. Fr. Trees 218. 1817. 



Weisser Hartling. 5. Liegel Anweisung 72. 1822. 



Hdrtlings Magdalene. 6. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 3:200. 1858. 



Fame Blanc (Gros). 7. Leroy Diet. Pom. 6:213 ^S-> 214. 1879. 



Smith Newington was never much grown in America but was at one time widely grown 

 in England as an early clingstone. Flowers large; leaves serrate, without glands; fruit 

 medium in size, oval; skin pale straw-color, with a lively red blush; flesh firm, juicy, pale 

 yellow, stained red at the pit to which it adheres; of very good quality; ripens the last 

 of August. 

 Smithson. i. Ont. Fr. Or. Assoc. Rpt. ist App. 37. 1901. 



Listed in this reference. 

 Smooth-Leaved Royal George, i. 'Lm.dleY Guide Orch. Card, a^i, 2^2. 1831. 2. Kenrick 

 Am. Orch. 224. 1832. 



This peach seems to have originated with a Mr. Lee, Hammersmith, England. Glands 

 globose. Fruit large, nearly round, yellowish- white, blushed with a beautiful, deep red 

 on carmine; flesh yellowish- white, deep red next the pit, melting, jmcy, sweet, with a high, 

 vinous flavor; ripens early in September. 

 Smoothstone. 1. Mag. Hart. 13:110. 1847. 



Listed in this reference. 

 Smyrna, i. Rea Flora 211. 1676. 



Mentioned as a good, yellow peach. 

 Sneed. i. Gard. & For. 6:279. 1893. 2. U. S. D. A. Pom. Rpt. 44. 1895. 3. Am. 

 Pom. Soc. Cat. 22. 1897. 4. Mich. Sta. Bui. 169:226. 1899. 5. Del. Sia. 

 Rpt. 13:10'!, 108. 1901. 6. i?CT. ffort. 350, 594, 595, PI. 1904. 



Sneed originated about 1885 in the yard of Judge John L. T. Sneed, Nashville, 

 Tennessee, and is said to be a seedling of Family Favorite. According to the references 

 the variety has been grown in the southwest under the names Peebles and Bowers. Sneed 

 was added to the fruit-hst of the American Pomological Society in 1897. Tree vigorous, 

 moderately productive; fruit of medium size, roundish-oval, with a shallow suture; color 

 greenish-white, washed and mottled with bright red; flesh greenish-white, often stained 

 with red under the skin, juicy, tender, melting, mild subacid, often slightly bitter; quaUty 

 fair; stone small, clinging; season the middle to the last of July. 



