Conkling. 1. Ellwanger & Barry Cat. 33. 1879. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 36. 1909.
E. M. Conkling, Parma Corners, New York, introduced this peach about 1877, having fruited it first in 1873. The fruits are small and the trees unproductive at Geneva. It was added to the fruit-list of the American Pomological Society in 1909. Leaves with small, globose glands; flowers late; fruit below medium in size, roundish-oval, bulged near the apex; halves unequal; apex with a mamelon, recurved tip; skin thin, tender, with long, thick pubescence, yellow, mottled with dark red over a lighter blush; flesh stained at the pit, juicy, firm, stringy, sweet, pleasant; pit free; ripens early in September.
Connecticut. 1. Hale Cat. 29. 1898. 2. Ont. Sta. Rpt. 6:44. 1899.
Connecticut originated at South Glastonbury, Connecticut, about 1885 from a seed of Pratt pollinized by Chili. The trees are unproductive at this Station. Tree willowy in habit; glands small, both reniform and globose; flowers appearing in mid-season, small, edged with deep pink; fruit medium in size, roundish-cordate; apex noticeably mamelon, recurved; skin thin, tough, adherent, thickly pubescent, orange-yellow, blushed with dull red; flesh tinged at the pit, rather firm, stringy, sweet; quality good; stone free, small, ovate, plump, bulged near the apex; ripens the last of August.
Connett. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 36. 1909.
Connett Early. 2. N. C. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 64. 1893. 3. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 32. 1899. 4. Del. Sta. Rpt. 13:96. 1901.
Connett originated as Connett Southern Early with Rev. Alfred Connett, McLeansville, North Carolina, about 1880. In 1889 it was listed by the American Pomological Society as Connett Early, the name being changed in 1909 to Connett. At this Station it is a shy bearer; ripens the middle of August. Tree willowy in growth; glands reniform; flowers appearing in mid-season, large; fruit above medium in size, roundish-oval; suture shallow; skin thin, tough, creamy-yellow, slightly blushed with dark red; flesh white except at the pit, firm, stringy, sweet, juicy; quality fair; stone nearly free, oval-elliptical, pointed at the ends.
Connor White. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 75. 1873.
Conner Cling. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 32. 1883.
Connor White is a southern variety which originated in Mississippi. The American Pomological Society listed it from 1883 until 1889. Fruit medium in size, slightly oblong, with a small, acute apex; skin white, nearly covered with crimson; flesh white to the stone, juicy, vinous, subacid; clingstone; matures the last of June in Mississippi.
Conover. 1. Mo. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 422. 1905.
Conover is one of the best hardy peaches in Missouri.