December. 1. U. S. D. A. Rpt. 634. 1887. 2. Wickson Cal. Fruits 318. 1889.
A white clingstone occasionally grown because of its extreme lateness.
Decker. 1. Wickson Cal. Fruits 201. 1908.
Buck Prolific. 2. Ibid. 318. 1889.
Decker is grown extensively for eastern shipment in Sutter and Butte Counties, and in Vaca Valley, California.
Dekenhoven Pfirsich. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 12:185. 1883.
Madeleine d'Ekenholen. 2. Carrière Var Pêchers 80. 1867.
Madeleine Dekenhoven. 3. Decaisne Jard. Fruit. 7:Pl. 1872-75.
Tree moderately vigorous; branches slender; leaves devoid of glands; flowers large; fruit large, roundish, slightly depressed at the base, apex terminating in a small, mamelon tip; distinctly sutured; skin tender, almost entirely overlaid with reddish-black; flesh white except at the stone, melting, juicy, sweet; stone small, free; ripens the last of August.
Delavan White. 1. Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 450. 1879. 2. Ibid. 458. 1883.
Of American origin, but not generally known or valued. Glands round; flowers small; fruits large, roundish-oval; skin white, with a red cheek; freestone; ripens early in October.
Delaware. 1. Lovett Cat. 18. 1898. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 36. 1909.
Delaware, or Delaware Rareripe as it is sometimes called, originated in Delaware as a seedling of Mountain Rose. The variety is unproductive on the Station grounds. Tree large, vigorous; leaves large, with small, globose glands; flowers appear in mid-season, small, edged with deep pink; fruit medium in size, roundish-cordate, halves unequal; skin thin, thickly pubescent, pale yellowish-white, blushed about the cavity; flesh white, stained at the pit, coarse, stringy, sweet; quality good but not high; stone free, small, oval, plump; ripens the second half of August.