Dowling. 1. Tex. Sta. Bul. 39:811. 1896.
Dowling June. 2. Ibid. 8:34. 1889.
Tree vigorous, productive; glandless; fruit of medium size, roundish, with a slight projection at the apex; color creamy, with a red cheek; flavor subacid; clingstone; matures in Texas about July 8th.
Downing. 1. Gard. Mon. 17:270. 1875. 2. Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 462. 1885. 3. Cat. Cong. Pom. France 526. 1906.
Downing originated about 1870 with H. M. Engle, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, from a pit of Hale Early. Tree productive; fruit of medium size, roundish, with a distinct suture; skin greenish-white, mottled with red; flesh white, juicy, melting, sweet; quality good; ripens from the first to the middle of July.
Drain Seedling. 1. Ia. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 491. 1908.
One of the early seedlings planted in Iowa.
Drap d'Or. 1. Mag. Hort. 20:271. 1854. 2. Ann. Pom. Belge 3:1, Pl. 1855.
Drap d'or Esperen. 3. Thomas Guide Prat. 52, 217. 1876.
A variety of Belgian origin. Tree moderately vigorous, productive; glands small, round; fruit large, roundish, depressed; skin thin, clear yellow, with spots of carmine; noticeably sutured; flesh whitish-yellow, colored at the pit, fine, juicy, vinous; quality good; stone very large, roundish-oval, partly free; ripens September 20th.
Druid Hill. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 474. 1845. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 78. 1862. 3. Leroy Dict. Pom. 6:110 fig. 111. 1879. 4. Fulton Peach Cult. 191. 1908.
Druid Hill originated about 1840 with Lloyd N. Rogers, Druid Hill, Baltimore, Maryland. From 1862 until 1899 it was listed in the catalog of the American Pomological Society. Tree vigorous, productive; glands reniform; fruit large, round, with a slight suture; skin pale greenish-white, clouded with a red blush; flesh greenish-white, almost purple at the pit, very juicy, melting, with a rich, vinous flavor; stone free; season the last of September.