Fruit large, more oblate than Elberta; skin yellow, with a red blush; flesh yellow, of the texture of Elberta but juicier and better flavored; season ten days earlier than Elberta.
Richardson Mammoth. 1. Del. Sta. Rpt. 5:99. 1892.
Listed as growing in the Delaware Station Experiment orchard on the farm of Charles Wright, near Seaford, Delaware.
Richmond. 1. Tilton Jour. Hort. 8:328, 329 fig. 1870. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 1st App. 122. 1872. 3. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 30. 1877.
Richmond is one of a large number of seedlings raised by Dr. E. W. Sylvester, Lyons, New York. It was placed upon the fruit-list of the American Pomological Society in 1877 where it still remains. Glands reniform; fruit medium to large, roundish, slightly compressed, with a distinct suture; skin yellow, shaded and mottled with dark, rich red; flesh yellow, red at the stone which is free, juicy, melting, sweet, vinous; quality very good; ripens the last of September.
Rickets. 1. Langley Pomona 106, Pl. XXXII fig. IV. 1729.
First propagated by a Mr. Rickets. Fruit light yellow, with a vermilion blush; flesh white, red at the pit, juicy, melting, sweet; ripens the last of August.
Riepper. 1. N. Mex. Sta. Bul. 30:235. 1899.
Said to ripen in September in New Mexico.
Rigaudière. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 6:260, 261 fig. 1879.