M'Clish. 1. Pacific Nur. Cat. 10. 1906.
According to the Pacific Nursery Company, Tangent, Oregon, M'Clish is of the Orange Cling type ripening just after Early Crawford but is larger, sweeter and richer; used by the California canneries.
McCollister. 1. Mich. Sta. Bul. 31:58. 1887. 2. U. S. D. A. Pom. Rpt. 43. 1895.
McCollister on the Station grounds is neither hardy nor productive but is relatively free from leaf-curl. Trees large, with a slight drooping tendency; leaves long, large, with small, globose glands; flowers appear in mid-season; fruit large, irregular in outline, roundish-cordate, oblique, halves decidedly unequal; cavity deep and wide; suture often extends two-thirds around the fruit; apex with a small, mamelon tip; skin thick, tough, blushed with dull red on a deep lemon-yellow ground, attractive; flesh stained with red at the stone, firm, coarse, noticeably stringy, moderately sweet but not rich; stone free, ovate, bulged near the apex; ripens the first of September.
McConnell Seedling. 1. Can. Hort. 18:417. 1895.
A very hardy seedling grown in Essex County, Canada.
McCormick. 1. Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 189. 1880.
This peach was found by W. H. McCormick, Clyde, Michigan. Tree similar to Late Crawford; glands reniform; fruit nearly round; flesh deep yellow to the stone which is small and free; ripens just ahead of Late Crawford.
McCowan Cling. 1. Wickson Cal. Fruits 314. 1889.
Dr. McCowan, Ukiah, California, raised this variety. It is free from leaf-curl; must be carefully thinned for size; flesh yellow, stained at the pit; good for canning.