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Grimwood's Royal George. 9. Brookshaw Pom. Brit. i:Pl. 21, fig. i. 1817. 



Early \'ineyard. 10. Lindley Guide Orcli. Gard. 257. 1831. 



Neil's Early Purple. 11. Ibid. 263, 264. 183 1. 



Royal Kensingtou. 12. Ibid. 271. 1831. 



Superb Royal. 13. Ibid. 272, 273. 1831. 



Gemeiner Lieblingspfirsich. 14. T)ochna.h\ Fiihr. Obstkiinde y. 201, 202. 1858. 



Veloutie de Piemont. 15. Thomas Guide Prat. 51. 1876. 



Crosse Mignoii Pfirsich. 16. Mathieu Xoiii. Pom. 398, 399. 1889. 



The niunerous synonyms for this variety are an evidence of the esteem in which it 

 was long held. It undoubtedly originated in France; according to Leroy it was mentioned 

 by Merlet in 1667. Dioring the reign of George the Third, Grimwood, of the Kensington 

 Nursery, sent it out as Grimwood's Royal George. A Mr. Lee of Hammersmith, England, 

 called it Early Vineyard; Shailer, of Chelsea, Superb Royal; Forsyth, a royal gardener at 

 Kensington in 1784, called it Royal Kensington. Lindley described the same variety 

 under several different names, apparently believing them to be distinct. At the first 

 meeting of the American Pomological Society, in 1848, Grosse Mignonne was placed on 

 the list of recormnended fruits, a place it held until 1899 when it was dropped. Tree large, 

 moderately vigorous, subject to mildew, productive; glands small, globose; fruit large, 

 roundish, depressed and marked with a hollow suture at the top, which seems to divide it 

 into two lobes; color pale greenish-yellow, mottled with red which deepens to brownish- 

 red on the sunny side; flesh free, pale yellow, rayed with red at the stone, melting, juicy, 

 with a rich, delicate, vinous flavor; quaHty good; ripens at the last of August. 

 Grosse Mignorme Lepere. i. Mas Pom. Gen. 12:185. 1883. 



Listed in this reference. 

 Grosse Mignonne Saint -Cyr. i. Thomas Gindc Prat. 52. 1876. 



A variety- of doubtful \'alue, bearing globose glands and medium-sized flowers. 

 Grosse Montagne Precoce. i. Mag. /fori. 29:53. 1863. 



Another seedling from Thomas Rivers, Sawbridgeworth, England, which sprang 

 from a seed of a very early, clingstone peach; the fruit is large and early, but a clingstone. 

 Grosse de Stresa. i. Thomas Guide Prat. 53. 1876. 



Listed as received from Italy. 

 Grosse de Vitry. i. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 97. 183 1. 



Listed ill this reference. 

 Grosser Blutpfirsich. i. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstkunde 3: •!C)4. 1858. 



Sanguine a gros fruit. 2. Noisette Man. Contp. Jard. 2:477, 478. i860. 



This variety dift'ers from Sanguinole in being larger. 

 Grosster Aprikosenpfirsich. i. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 3:220. 1858. 



Flowers small, flesh-colored; fruit very large, roundish, lightly sutured; skin yellow, 

 often without any red; flesh yellow to the stone, fine, sweet; clingstone; ripens at the end 

 of August. 

 Grover Cleveland, i. Wickson Ca/. Frm'te 314. 1889. 



Gro\-er Cle\-eland originated as a chance seedling with J. W. Gates, Vacaville, California. 

 Tree hardy, prolific; fruit small, yellow, with a dark red cheek; flesh stained at the pit, 

 firm; stone small, clinging; good for shipping and canning. 



