Florence. 1. Ga. Sta. Bul. 42:235. 1898.
This variety is a moderate bearer but rots badly. Tree tall, with dense foliage, vigorous; fruit of medium size, globular, greenish-white; flesh white, adherent; quality fair to good; ripens the middle of August.
Florida. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 36. 1909.
Florida Crawford. 2. Ibid. 44. 1891. 3. Tex. Sta. Bul. 39:818. 1896.
Introduced by G. L. Taber, Glen Saint Mary, Florida, in 1891. The variety appeared on the fruit-list of the American Pomological Society in 1891 as Florida Crawford where it remained until 1899. In 1909 it reappeared as Florida. Fruit belongs to the Spanish type, very large, roundish-oblong, somewhat bellied, with a shallow suture; skin pale to deeper yellow, frequently blushed at the base; flesh stained at the pit, firm, juicy, vinous; freestone; ripens the last of July.
Florida Gem. 1. Fla. Sta. Rpt. 8:86. 1896. 2. Fla. Sta. Bul. 73:145. 1904. 3. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 36. 1909.
One of the best seedlings of Honey both for home and commercial purposes. Listed by the American Pomological Society in its fruit-catalog of 1909. Fruit medium to large, oval, angular; suture indistinct, often wanting; apex conical, long, recurved; skin fuzzy, thin, tough, greenish-yellow, washed with deep red where exposed; flesh firm, juicy, white, pink at the stone, sweet, agreeable; stone free, elliptical, reddish; ripens the last of June.
Florida Own. 1. Fla. Sta. Bul. 14:6. 1891. 2. Ibid. 62:513. 1902.
Florida Own is a seedling of Peento, now out of cultivation. Fruit large, nearly round; skin white, overspread with carmine; flesh sweet, juicy, melting, semi-clinging; quality excellent; ripens with Peento.
Florin. 1. Wickson Cal. Fruits 313. 1889.
Florin is a California variety ripening with Late Crawford but superior in size and flavor; tree hardy, a rapid grower and free from curl.