Ford Late. 1. Ill. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 53. 1896. 2. Budd-Hansen Am. Hort. Man. 2:345. 1903.
Ford Late, as it fruits on the Station grounds, is of doubtful value. Trees vigorous, productive; leaves with small, globose glands; flowers appear early, large, pink; fruit large, oval, tapering, halves unequal, sides drawn in about the cavity; apex with a mucronate tip; skin covered with long, coarse pubescence, thin, tough, lemon-yellow to creamy, with a faint blush of pink; flesh white, neither very juicy nor stringy, sprightly; stone brown, free, large, obovate, with a wedge-shaped base; ripens early in October.
Ford No. 1. 1. Tex. Sta. Bul. 8:34. 1889. 2. Ibid. 39:807. 1896. 3. Mich. Sta. Bul. 169:213. 1899.
Tree strong, spreading, productive if not too far south; glands few, reniform; fruit medium to large, roundish-elongated, faintly sutured; skin creamy-white, with a delicate wash of bright red; flesh creamy-white, tinged with red at the pit, juicy, tender, sprightly, vinous; quality good; pit plump, semi-clinging; ripens from the middle to the last of August.
Ford No. 2. 1. Tex. Sta. Bul. 8:34. 1889. 2. Ibid. 39:811. 1896. 3. Mich. Sta. Bul. 169:213. 1899.
Trees round-headed, fairly productive; glands globose; flowers small; fruit of medium size, roundish, slightly ovate; suture indistinctly marked; cavity broad, deep; color yellow, with a red cheek; flesh red at the stone, tender, vinous, juicy; stone oval, pointed, plump, free; quality good; ripens on the Station grounds the last of September.
Ford No. 3. 1. Tex. Sta. Bul. 8:34. 1889. 2. Mich. Sta. Bul. 169:214. 1899.
Described as follows as it grows on the Station grounds: Trees strong; glands reniform; flowers small; fruit of medium size, roundish; apex indistinct; skin greenish-yellow, with a thin bloom; flesh white, tinged with red at the pit, juicy, tender, vinous; stone free, plump, pointed; quality poor; ripens the last of October.
Ford Red. 1. Mich. Sta. Bul. 118:30. 1895. 2. Ibid. 169:213. 1899.
Ford Red is thought to have originated in Delaware. Trees roundish, with an upright head, fairly productive; fruit medium-sized, slightly enlarged at the suture, generally oval; cavity deep, narrow; color creamy-white, with a slight blush; flesh white, reddish and rather bitter at the pit, juicy, tender, rich, mild; quality good; pit free, oval, pointed, quite plump; season early in September.