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ovoid, surface uneven; apex with a mamelon tip; skin fine, with heavy pubescence, pale 

 yellow, blushed with intense purple in the sun; flesh white, stained about the pit, slighth- 

 acidulated, aromatic; stone large, nearly free; ripens the middle of August. 

 Peche de Bisconte. i. Mas Pom. Gen. 12:186. 1883. 



Listed in tliis reference. 

 Peche Blonde, i. Poiteau Pom. Franc. i:No. 26, PI. 1846. 



Leaves small, with reniform glands; flowers large; fruit of medium size, elongated, 

 with rugose surface; skin yellow, blushed and striped with clear red; flesh white, stained 

 faintly at the pit, vinous; stone large, long; ripens at the end of August. 

 Peche de Brahy. i. Mas Pom. Gen. 12:186. 1883. 



Listed in this reference. 

 Peche Everardt. i. Rev. Hart. 316. 1889. 



Fruit large, regular, spherical; flesh orange-}'ellow, stained at the pit, juicy; ripens at 

 the end of August. 

 Peche Grosse Violette. i. .\nn. Pom. Beige 3:89, PI. 1855. 



Tree productive; fruit large, round, distinctly sutured; skin with a deep red l)lush 

 on a greenish-yellow ground; flesh white, red at the pit, sweet, vinous, aromatic; matures 

 the middle of September. 

 Peche d'De, i. Mas Pom. Gen. 12:186. 1883. 



Listed in this reference. 

 Peche d'Ispahan. i. Poiteau Pmn. Franc. i:No. 7, PI. 1846. 



This peach was raised from seed brought to Paris, France, from Asia, about 1800, by 

 a French naturalist, Olivier. Fruit small, nearly round, marked with a deep suture; 

 skin greenish- white; flesh greenish-white, juicy, fibrous, with a delicious flavor when fulh- 

 mature; season the middle of September. 

 Peche Jaune Hative de Done. i. Mas Pom. Gen. 12:186. 1883. 



Listed but not described. 

 Peche de Lion. i. Christ Worterb. 351. 1802. 



A beautiful, somewhat elongated fruit, with firm, yellow flesh; freestone; ripens at 

 the end of October. 

 Peche du Quesnoy. i. Thomas Guide Prai. 52. 1876. 



Said to resemble Grosse Mignonne. 

 Peche Quetier. i. Flor. & Pom. 216. 1876. 



Said to be a seedling of an English variety, raised by a M. Quetier, Meaux, Seine-et- 

 Mame, France. Fruit large, round, with a distinct suture; skin yellow, with a deep red 

 blush; flesh free, yellow, sweet, vinous, excellent; season late. 

 Peche Reine des Tardives, i. Rev. Hort. 324, 325, PI. 1889. 



Raised from a pit of Baltet which it resembles. Fruit large, oval, sides often unequal; 

 skin yellow, washed with considerable red; flesh free, yellow, with red veins extending 

 through it, juicy, with a sweet, aromatic flavor; season very late. 

 Peche Rouge de Mai. i. Rev. Hort. 276, PI. 1888. 



Fi-uit roundish-oljlate, somewhat irregular; skin almost entirely covered with bright 

 red; flesh white, semi-free, very juicy, sweet, with a pleasant, vinous flavor; ripens the 

 beginning of August. 



