This is a variety from western Michigan resembling Honest John but the peach lacks the flavor and aroma of the fruit of Honest John.
Oviedo. 1. Tex. Sta. Bul. 39:819. 1896. 2. Fla. Sta. Bul. 73:149. 1904. 3. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 38. 1909.
S. J. Kennard, Waldo, Florida, grew Oviedo from a pit of Honey about 1892. In 1909 the variety appeared in the list of the American Pomological Society. Tree a rapid grower, productive; fruit roundish-oblong, bulged on one side; skin thin, tough, becoming smoother on ripening, greenish-yellow, marbled with dull red where exposed; flesh firm, meaty, white, stained at the pit, medium juicy, sweet, agreeable; quality very good; stone free, elliptical, curved, with a recurved point; season late in June in Florida.
Owen. 1. Cole Am. Fr. Book 195. 1849. 2. Elliott Fr. Book 287. 1854.
J. Owen found this variety in his garden at Cambridge, Massachusetts. Glands globose; fruit very large, roundish; flesh yellow, tinged at the pit, tender, juicy; freestone; ripens the last of September.
Oxford. 1. Concord Nur. Cat. 16. 1899.
According to the Concord Nurseries, Concord, Georgia, this variety is a very desirable peach for home or market to follow Elberta; flesh firm, crisp, adherent.
Ozark Queen. 1. Mo. State Fr. Sta. Rpt. 1:11. 1901.
Listed in this reference.
Padley. 1. Brookshaw Pom. Brit. 1:Pl. 24 fig. 2. 1817. 2. Brookshaw Hort. Reposit. 1:33, Pl. 17 fig. 1. 1823.