THE PEACHES OF N'EW YORK 439 



Peche Vineuse Jaiine. i. Carriere Var. Peckers 63. 1867. 



Said to have been obtained in France by a M. Morel. Fruit large, roundish, somewhat 

 flattened; skin yellowish-orange, w4th a carmine blush; flesh free, pale yellow. purpHsh-red 

 at the pit. juicy, sweet, aromatic; season the middle of August. 

 Pecher a Bois Jaune. i. Decaisne Jard. Fruit. 7 iVl. 1872-75. 2. Rev. Hort. ^16. 1889. 



This variety originated in the vicinity of Toulouse, Haute Garonne, France, and is 

 valued both for its fruit and as an ornamental. Fruit of medium size, nearly round, often 

 depressed at the base, with a distinct suture; skin orange-yeUow, dotted and washed with 

 red; flesh free, yellow, somewhat red about the pit, juicy, sweet and aromatic; ripens the 

 last of September. 

 Pecher Douteux. i. Carriere Var. Peclters 102. 1867. 



The tree of this variety has many characteristics of the almond while the fruit resembles 

 the peach. Fruit of medium size, marked with a deep suture; skin yellowish-white, blushed 

 with red; flesh free, white, slightly tinged wdth red at the pit, rather sweet and aromatic, 

 with an agreeable flavor; season very late. 

 Pecher a Fleur Semi -Double, i. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:42. 43, PI. XXX. 1768. . 



Pecher a Fleurs Doubles. 2. Poiteau Pom. Franc. i:No. 25, PI. 1846. 



This curious old peach has double flowers and bears its fruits in clusters of from one to 

 four. Fruit small, roundish, with a well-marked suture; skin pale j^ellow, washed with 

 clear red; flesh greenish-white, often red at the pit. fibrous, juicy, sweet, wdth ah agreeable 

 flavor; ripens the last of September. 

 Pecher Hatif de Chine, i. Decaisne Jard. Fruit. 7:P1. 1872-75. 



Said to resemble Honey in certain characters. Fruit meditmi in size, roundish ; color 

 greenish-yellow, with a red blush; flesh free, white or sometimes tinged with red, juicy, 

 often with an astringent flavor ; ripens the last of July. 

 Pecher Hybride Quetier. i. Rev. Hort. 115. 1888. 2. Ibid. 42, 43. 1889. 



This peach originated with a M. Quetier, Meaux, Seine-et-Mame, France, as a cross 

 between Grosse Mignonne and an apricot. Tree vigorous ; glands reniform ; fruit of medium 

 size, somewhat flattened, with a deep suture; skin greenish-yellow, marbled with red; 

 flesh strongly adherent to the stone, white, juicy, firm, with a sweet, aromatic flavor; 

 ripens early in October in France. 

 Pecher Nain a Fleur Double, i. Duhamel Trazi. .4r6. Fr. 2:45, 46. 1768. 



Said to be a dwarf, double-flowering peach seldom bearing fruit and useful only as 

 an ornamental. 

 Pecher Nain d'Orleans. i. Rev. Hort. 42 fig. 18, 43, 44- 1908- 



According to the reference this peach was mentioned by Louis Ligier in 17 14. Fruit 

 of mediimi size, round, with a deep suture; skin pale greenish-j-ellow, wdth a red blush; 

 flesh white, tinged red at the pit which is adherent, moderately sweet, not of high flavor. 

 Pecher Petite Madeleine, i. Carriere Var. Peckers 78, 79. 1867. 2. Decaisne Jard. 

 Fruit. 7: PI. 1872-75. 



Leaves glandlesi; flowers small; fruit small, round, slightly depressed; skin greenish- 

 white, marbled mth red; flesh free, white, dark red at the stone, very juicy, sweet, with 

 a pleasant, aromatic flavor; ripens the middle of August. 



