Listed by the Texas Experiment Station.
Old Newington. 1. Langley Pomona 104, Pl. 31 fig. 1. 1729. 2. Prince Pom. Man. 2:9, 10. 1832.
Newington. 3. Parkinson Par. Ter. 580. 1629.
Large Newington. 4. Coxe Cult. Fr. Trees 226. 1817.
Newington Magdalene? 5. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 3:200. 1858.
Old Newington was at one time a favorite cling in England, having been cultivated there for over two hundred years. Flowers large; leaves doubly serrate, glandless; fruit large, globular, with a slight suture; skin pale yellowish-white, with a red cheek; flesh pale yellowish-white, stained with deep red at the stone, firm, juicy, rich; ripens the middle of September.
Old Royal Charlotte. 1. Lindley Guide Orch. Gard. 250, 251. 1831.
Old Royal Charlotte has been known in England since about 1760. Leaves doubly serrate, glandless; flowers large, pale; fruit of medium size, roundish, narrowed at the apex; skin pale greenish-yellow, marbled with deep red; flesh white to the stone, soft, vinous; stone obtuse, free; ripens from the middle to the last of August.
Old Settler. 1. Ia. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 532. 1898.
A hardy variety grown in Iowa.
Olden. 1. U. S. D. A. Rpt. 392. 1891.
This white-fleshed freestone ripens the first of September in southern Missouri.
Olga. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 41. 1877.