A seedling of De Soto; originated in 1893 with J. A. Fairchild, Coggon, Linn County, Iowa. Tree vigorous, upright; fruit large, roundish, oblique-truncate; suture a line; apex depressed; stem stout set in a shallow cavity; light red with darker shades of red; dots large; bloom thin; flesh yellow, firm, brisk subacid; fair to good; stone large, oval, flat, clinging.
Souris. Nigra? 1. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 426. 1900.
Under test at Indian Head, Northwest Territory, Canada.
South Cumberland. Species? 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 151. 1891.
P. J. Berckmans of Augusta, Georgia, says in the above reference that this variety has been known for twenty-six or twenty-seven years in his section. Fruit golden yellow; very good.
Southern Beauty. Species? 1. Wild Bros. Cat. 1892. 2. Kerr Cat. 1894.
Tree peach-like in growth and general appearance; wholly barren; possibly the Blackman renamed; worthless.
Southern Golden. Species? 1. Ala. Sta. Bul. 11:12. 1890.
Noted in the preceding reference as a feeble grower; fruit medium in size, oblong, yellow, tender; quality best; early.
Spanish Damask. Domestica. 1. Kraft Pom. Aust. 2:129, Tab. 175 fig. 2. 1796. 2. Forsyth Treat. Fr. Trees 21. 1803. 3. Willich Dom. Enc. 4:300. 1803. 4. Poiteau Pom. Franc. 1. 1846. 5. Hogg Fruit Man. 693. 1884. 6. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 439. 1889.