The catalog of the Green River Nurseries, Bowling Green, Kentucky, states that J. W. Shalcross, Louisville, Kentucky, first grew Alice Free. Fruit very large; skin white, red where exposed; quality good; ripens late in October.
Alida. 1. Horticulturist 22:45 fig. 1867. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 597. 1869.
Alida originated with Charles Carpenter, Kelly Island, Ohio, and is probably a seedling of Late Crawford. Fruit large, round; skin blushed with dark red; flesh yellow, juicy; quality good; ripens in September.
Allen I. 1. Cultivator N. S. 1:352. 1844. 2. Hooper W. Fr. Book 212. 1857.
Allen I reproduces itself from seed, having been so grown for a number of years by a community of Allens in Walpole, Massachusetts. The variety was put on the fruit-list of the American Pomological Society in 1901. Tree hardy, productive; leaves with globose glands; flowers small; fruit small, roundish, blushed with red; flesh white, juicy, vinous; stone free; ripens in September.
Allen II. 1. W. N. Y. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 113. 1880.
This is an early seedling raised by A. T. Allen, Willoughby, Ohio.
Allen October. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 26. 1873. 2. Waugh Am. Peach Orch. 198. 1913.
This variety originated in Missouri and appears on the fruit-list of the American Pomological Society from 1873 to 1899. Fruit of medium size, round, yellow, blushed with red; flesh yellow, red at the pit; quality poor; freestone; ripens late.
Allman Cling. 1. Ill. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 167. 1871.