This peach originated with the late Judge Campbell, Pensacola, Florida, from a pit brought from Japan in 1860 by W. A. Spottswood, a Fleet Surgeon in the United States Navy. P. J. Berckmans, Augusta, Georgia, introduced the variety about 1868. Fruit medium in size, roundish, inclining to oval; color creamy-white; flesh white, red at the pit which is free, juicy, tender, mild, vinous; quality good; season early in September.
Spring Grove. 1. Pom. Mag. 3:97, Pl. 1830. 2. Lindley Guide Orch. Gard. 272. 1831. 3. Prince Pom. Man. 2:17, 18. 1832. 4. Hogg Fruit Man. 232. 1866.
Schnellwachsender Lieblingspfirsich. 5. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 3:206. 1858.
This peach was raised by T. A. Knight, Downton Castle, Wiltshire, England, from a stone of Grosse Mignonne which had been fertilized by Red Nutmeg. Leaves crenate, with globose glands; fruit medium in size, round, with a shallow suture; color greenish-yellow, with a bright crimson blush; flesh greenish-yellow to the stone from which it separates, juicy, rich and pleasantly flavored; ripens the last of August.
Squaw. 1. Tex. Sta. Bul. 39:817. 1896.
This is a small, inferior, yellow, freestone peach with small, reniform glands, ripening in Texas the last of July.
Staley. 1. Wickson Cal. Fruits 318. 1889. 2. Budd-Hansen Am. Hort. Man. 2:356. 1903.
Staley originated as a sucker from a peach-root in Selma, Fresno County, California, and was introduced by F. M. Nevins of Selma. Fruit very large, elongated, somewhat flattened laterally; color creamy-white with touches of light red; flesh white, juicy, tender; quality very good; pit free; season late in California.
Stanley. 1. Griffing Bros. Cat. 11 fig. 1900. 2. Fla. Sta. Bul. 73:151. 1904.
Stanley is a seedling of Honey which originated in the nursery of Griffing Brothers, Macclenny, Florida. The variety is subject to brown-rot and is a poor shipper. Fruit roundish-oblong, medium to large; cavity deep, open; apex short, conical, nearly straight or a mere point; skin thick, greenish-white, washed with deep red on the sunny side; flesh white, rather soft, easily breaking down, sweet, insipid, with a tinge of bitter around the stone; quality no more than fair; stone clinging, oblong, plump; ripens the middle of June in Florida.
Stanwick Early York. 1. Gard. Mon. 17:365. 1875.