W. W. Smith found this seedling in the yard of a Mrs. Porter, Napa, California. The fruit is yellow-fleshed to the pit to which it clings.
Mountain Cling. 1. Ia. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 120. 1898.
Mentioned as grown in Iowa for home use.
Mountain Rareripe. 1. N. J. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 39, 40. 1884.
Mountain Rareripe resembles Oldmixon Cling in general appearance and ripens about with it. It is recommended as a profitable variety for market.
Mountain White. 1. Mich. Sta. Bul. 31:58. 1887.
Listed by the Michigan Experiment Station.
Mountaineer. 1. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 100. 1831. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 226. 1866.
Mountaineer is a coarse peach raised from a pit of Red Nutmeg crossed with Early Violet nectarine. Glands globose; flowers large; fruit large, roundish, somewhat pointed at the apex; skin smooth, pale yellow and dark red; flesh red at the stone, melting, juicy, rich; freestone; matures early in September.
Mr. Gladstone. 1. Can. Exp. Farm Bul. 2nd Ser. 3:67. 1900.