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VARIETIES 
SYNOPSIS OF THE VARIETIES. 
Class I. Flesh free and light colored. 
Section I. Leaves without glands. 
A. Flowers large. 
Magdalen of Courson. Fruit below the medium size; suture deep on one side. Whitish; 
cheek red. 
Early York. Fruit of the medium size ; suture slight; in the shade greenish white and dotted 
red ; dark red in the sun. 
Noblesse. Full medium size; narrowed and pointed at the apex. 
Sweet Water. Fruit of the medium size. Flesh tinged reddish at the pit or stone. 
Early Ann. Fruit below the medium size; stone smoother than common. Flesh faintly tinged 
red. Unprofitable. 
Double Mountain. Fruit of the medium size; rounded and narrowed at the apex. 
Malta. Rather above the medium size; suture wide and shallow. 
White Nutmeg. Small, oval; suture deep; nearly white. 
B. Flowers small. 
Early Tillotson. Fruit of the medium size ; suture deep. Dotted with red on a white 
ground. 
Red Rareripe. Rather above the medium size; suture wide, passing nearly round the fruit. 
Royal George. Large; suture deep at the apex. Color whitish and thickly dotted. 
Emperor of Russia. Large ; unsymmetrical. 
Royal Charlotte. Large; suture moderate. Feshpale; red at the stone. 
Section II. Leaves with globose glands 
A. Flowers large. 
Astor. Fruit large; apex depressed, suture distinct. Color white, with a red cheek. 
Clinton. Fruit of the medium size ; suture nearly obsolete 
Grosse Mignone. Large ; apex depressed ; suture deep. 
Early Admirable. Fruit of the medium size; round and white, or nearly so. 
Acton Scott. Fruit of the medium size; suture shallow. Skin white and rather woolly. 
B. Flowers small. 
Bellegarde. Fruit of the medium size ; suture shallow; apex projecting. 
George the Fourth. Fruit large; suture deep and wide. Slightly red at the stone. 
Large Early York. Fruit large. White in the shade and dotted; cheek red in the sun. 
Cole’s Early Red. Fruit of the medium size ; suture small. Skin mottled with red. 
Cooledge’s Favorite. Fruit of the medium size; suture distinct at the apex. 
Morris’Red Rareripe. Fruit large, roundish; suture moderate. 
