Jersey Mixon. 1. Ill. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 77. 1893.
Exhibited at the World's Fair in 1893.
Jersey Pride. 1. Rural N. Y. 53:7. 1894.
Jersey Pride originated with the Newark Nursery, Newark, New Jersey.
Jersey Yellow. 1. Mich. Sta. Bul. 129:24. 1896. 2. Ibid. 169:217. 1899.
Trees spreading; glands reniform; flowers small; fruit of medium size, roundish-oval, enlarged on one side of the suture; cavity narrow, deep; distinctly sutured; color clear yellow, slightly blushed; flesh red at the pit, moderately juicy, mild, often slightly bitter; stone plump, free; quality fair; matures early in October.
Jewel. 1. Fla. Sta. Rpt. 8:86. 1896. 2. Fla. Sta. Bul. 62:514, 515. 1902. 3. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 37. 1909.
Jewel, one of the leading commercial peaches of Florida, is a seedling of Waldo. It originated with T. K. Godbey, Waldo, Florida. Fruit oblong, medium to large; cavity abrupt; suture frequently lacking; apex bluntly pointed, short, recurved; skin velvety, creamy, washed with red where exposed; flesh white, faintly stained at the stone, juicy, sweet; stone free, reddish, oval, one inch long; ripens two weeks earlier than Waldo.
Johnson Late Purple. 1. Brookshaw Pom. Brit. 1:Pl. 24, fig. 1. 1817.
This variety is peculiarly marked with large, strong, dark blotches and heavy pubescence. It received its name from its originator, a gardener at Kew Green, England. The tree is an excellent bearer and ripens its fruit late in August.