. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. ONDERDONK PEENTO 181 ONDERDONK. Onderdonk was much talked of in Texas and the Southwest as a promising variety in the last years of the century just passed, but it does not seem to have come up to expectations, and is now little heard of, although it is listed in a few of the southern catalogs. It seems hardly to be known in the North outside of experi- ment station collections. Onderdonk bears the name of its originator, G. Onderdonk, Nursery, Texas. The following brief description is made from trees growing at Geneva, New York. Tree large,
. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. ONDERDONK PEENTO 181 ONDERDONK. Onderdonk was much talked of in Texas and the Southwest as a promising variety in the last years of the century just passed, but it does not seem to have come up to expectations, and is now little heard of, although it is listed in a few of the southern catalogs. It seems hardly to be known in the North outside of experi- ment station collections. Onderdonk bears the name of its originator, G. Onderdonk, Nursery, Texas. The following brief description is made from trees growing at Geneva, New York. Tree large, upright spreading, vigorous, rather un- productive in tht North ; leaves with reniform glands. Fruit midseason, medium to large, round-oblong, flat- tened ; suture distinct ending in a pointed apex ; skin lemon-j'ellow, sometimes with a bit of blush in the sun; flesh yellow, firm, rich with a vinous, piquant flavor, tender, juicy; quality fair to good; pit of me- dium size, free. OPULENT. Opulent is a white-fleshed freestone peach of very mediocre character. The fruits are attractive in appearance, but not uncommonly so, and are often marred by peach-scab. The quality is scarcely better than the average, and is ruined for most peach- lovers by a bitter tang, though to others this almond-like bitterness in the flavor may be a commendation. The variety ripens in midseason. The trees are scarcely more satis- factory than the fruits, being unproductive and none too vigorous. Opulent was sent out by Luther Burbank, Santa Rosa, California, as a hybrid between the Muir peach and New White nectarine. Tree large, vigorous, upright-spreading, with a ten- dency to droop, medium in productiveness. Leaves 6h^ inches long, IV^ inches wide, flattened or curled down- ward, obovate-lanceolate, leathery; margin finely ser- rate ; teeth tipped with reddish-brown glands; petiole % inch long, with 1-6 small, globose and reniform, reddish-brown glands. Flowers midseason, 1 inch across, white at the
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