Listed as a weak grower.
Mrs. Hunley. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 623. 1869.
This variety, of southern origin, comes from the Fruitland Nursery, Augusta, Georgia. Leaves with reniform glands; flowers small; fruit of medium size, one-sided, pale yellow; flesh yellow, rich, melting; ripens late in September.
Mrs. Poinsett. 1. Horticulturist 4:276. 1849-50. 2. Elliott Fr. Book 285. 1854.
This variety is the result of crossing Blood Cling with some yellow freestone. It was named after Mrs. J. R. Poinsett of South Carolina. The limbs are inclined to be pendant; leaves with globose glands; fruit globular; suture distinct; skin yellow, veined with red; flesh yellow, juicy, melting; stone partially clinging; ripens early in September.
Munson Cling. 1. Munson Cat. 6. 1904-05.
This is a seedling of Elberta with which it ripens; the fruit is more spherical. It was grown by T. V. Munson, Denison, Texas.
Munson Free. 1. Munson Cat. 7. 1904-05.
This is another Elberta seedling grown by T. V. Munson, Denison, Texas. On the Station grounds the fruit ripens with Elberta and just after it. Tree upright, unproductive, quite spreading; leaves large, leathery, with reniform glands; flowers appear in mid-season, of medium size, reddish-pink; fruit large, oval-conic, halves unequal, sides drawn in about the cavity; cavity shallow; suture shallow; apex with a recurved, mamelon tip; skin thin, tough, with long, coarse pubescence, lemon-yellow, with narrow splashes and stripes of darker red; flesh red at the pit, juicy, stringy, firm, sprightly in some cases; quality good; stone free, large, oval-pointed, winged.
Murat. 1. U. S. D. A. Rpt. 290. 1893.