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THE PEACHES OF NEW YORK 



Orij^inatcd in 1858 with N. Gaujard, Ghent, Belgium. Flowers small; fruit large, 

 roundish; suture more or less distinct; skin very pubescent, thin, clear yellow, with a 

 purplish-red blush; flesh white, stained at the pit, juicy, sweet; stone free, broadly oval; 

 ripens in September. 

 Madame Malfilatre. i. Mathicu Nam. Pom. 403. 1889. 



Listed in this reference. 

 Madame Pynaert. i. Card. Mon. 29:46. 18S7. 



Madame Edouard Pynaert. 2. Mathieu Nam. Pom. 403. i88g. 



A large, dark red peach of superior quality, raised in Belgium about 1881. 

 Madeira, i. Elliott Fr. Book 285. 1854. 



Hill Madeira. 2. Coxe Cult. Fr. Trees 224. 1817. 



Madeira Freestone. 3. Horticulturist 4:24^. 1849-50. 



Madeira was raised by Henry Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from a pit brought from 

 Madeira. Fruit large, whitish, with a pale red cheek; flesh highly flavored, melting, juicy; 

 freestone; ripens in September. 

 Madeleine Blanche d'Anoot. 1. Thomas Guide Prat, s^- 1876. 



A variety bearing globose glands. 

 Madeleine Blanche de Doue. i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 403. 1889. 



Listed in this reference. 

 Madeleine Blanche de Loisel. i. Thomas Guide Prat. 44. 1876. 



Often included incorrectly with the White Madeleine. 

 Madeleine Hariot. i. Thomas Guide Prat. 40. 1876. 



Tree vigorous, productive; leaves glandless; fruit large, ovoid, somewhat pointed at 

 the base; greenish-yellow, striped and marbled with deep carmine; flesh white to the pit. 

 juicy, vinous; matures at the end of August. 

 Madeleine Hative a Moyennes Fleurs. i. Mas Le Verger 7:173. i74- fig- 85. 1866-73. 



This sort is thought by Leroy to be Royal Charlotte. Probably the only difference is 

 in its ripening, this variety ripening early in August. 

 Madeleine a Mamelon. i. Loud. Hort. Soc. Cat. 98. 1831. 



Listed in this reference. 

 Madeleine Paysanne. i. Mas Le Verger 7:99, too, fig. 48. 1866-73. 



This is an old French sort often confused with Bollweiler Magdalene of some authors. 

 Tree vigorous, productive; leaves glandless; flowers large; fruit large, spherical, depressed 

 at the ends, distinctly sutured; cavity large; skin finely pubescent, pale yellow, with a 

 deep purple blush; flesh whitish-yellow, stained about the pit, melting, aromatic, sweet; 

 pit small -for the size of fruit, free. 

 Madeleine Striee. i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 404. 18S9. 2. Guide Prat. 40. 1S95. 



Tree very productive; leaves glandless; fruit large, roimdish; skin thin, whitish- 

 yellow, striped with red in the sun; flesh fine, melting, sweet, aromatic; ripens the last of 

 August. 

 Madeleine Superbe de Choisy. i. L<? Bon Jard. 327. 1882. 



This variety originated with a M. Gravier of Choisy-le-Roi, France. Fruit ^-erx- 

 large, roundish, blushed with deep red where exposed; flesh white, purple at the stone. 

 melting, sweet, aromatic; stone small, free; matures the last of September. 



