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



Early Vineyard. 10. Lindley Guide Orch. Gard. 257. 1831. 



Neil's Early Purple. 11. Ibid. 263, 264. 1831. 



Royal Kensington. 12. Ibid. 271. 1831. 



Superb Royal. 13. Ibid. 272, 273. 183 1. 



Getneiner Lieblingspfirsich. 14. Dochna.h\ Ftlhr. Obstkunde 3:201, 202. 1858. 



Veloutee de Pietnont. 15. Thomas Cjd'cff Pra^ 51. 1876. 



Grosse Mignon Pfirsich. 16. Mathieu .Yo»i. Pom. 398, 399. 1889. 



The numerous synon\Tns for this variety are an e\-idence of the esteem in which it 

 was long held. It undoubtedl}- originated in France; according to Leroy it was mentioned 

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

 Nurserj-, 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 

 imder 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 recommended 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 w-hich deepens to brownish- 

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

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

 Grosse Mignonne Lepere. i. Mas Poth. (7^);. 12:185. 1883. 



Listed in this reference. 

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



A \ariety of douhtfiil value, bearing globose glands and medium-sized flowers. 

 Grosse Montagne Precoce. i. il/ag. //or/. 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. T\\ovnas Guide Prat. 53. 1876. 



Listed a.s received from Italy. 

 Grosse de Vitry. i. Land. Hori. Sac. Cat. 97. 1831. 



Listed in this reference. 

 Grosser Blutpfirsich. i. Dochnahl F!i/?r. Obs/^Mwd^ 3:194. 1858. 



Sanguine a gros fruit. 2. Noisette A/a«. Com/?, /ard. 2:477, 478. i860. 



This variety differs from Sanguinole in being larger. 

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



Flowers small, flesh-colored; fruit very large, roundish, hghtly 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 Cal. Fruits 314. 1889. 



Grover Cleveland 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. 



