J. Van. 1. Van Lindley Cat. 60. 1913.
Originated about 1900 with W. E. Johnson, Silver City, North Carolina. It is probably a seedling of Elberta, which variety precedes it in ripening, according to. J. Van Lindley, Pomona, North Carolina.
Jack Ross. 1. Tex. Sta. Bul. 8:34. 1889.
The Texas Experiment Station lists this variety.
Jackson Cling. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 638. 1857. 2. Horticulturist N. S. 7:178. 1857.
This peach is a seedling raised many years ago by Mrs. L. A. Franklin, Athens, Georgia. Fruit large, oblong, with a large, swollen apex; color dark yellow, covered with a dark red blush; flesh orange-yellow, dark red at the pit, firm, juicy, sprightly, rich; good; season the last of August.
Jacques. 1. Hovey Fr. Am. 2:57, Pl. 1851. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 78. 1862.
Jacques' Yellow Rareripe. 3. Prince Treat. Hort. 18. 1828. 4. Kenrick Am. Orch. 223. 1832.
Jacques' Rareripe. 5. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 631. 1857.
Jaques. 6. Elliott Fr. Book 275. 1854. 7. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 37. 1909.
This variety originated or was introduced by Colonel Jacques, Somerville, Massachusetts, at least a hundred years ago. It held a place in the fruit-list of the American Pomological Society from 1862 to 1891 when it was dropped but in 1909 was replaced. Leaves crenate, with reniform glands; fruit large, roundish, often compressed, with a shallow suture; skin yellow, much streaked and mottled with red; flesh yellow, red at the pit, free, melting, juicy, with a sweet yet sprightly flavor; season the middle of September.
Jacques Late. 1. Mich. Sta. Bul. 169:217. 1899.
Tree vigorous, roundish, with large leaves bearing globose glands; fruit medium to large, roundish-ovate; suture shallow; color creamy-white, with a light red blush; flesh creamy-white, red at the pit, free, tender, juicy, rather acid, slightly bitter; quality good; season the last of September.