456 THE PEACHES OF NEW YORK 



Ronde de Vallabreques. i. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 103. 1831. 



Listed in tliis reference. 

 Rose Aromatic, i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 630. 1869. 



Originated with J. F. Nesmith, Indian Town, South Carolina. Fruit of medium size, 

 oblong, one side enlarged; suture distinct: skin yellow, washed with red; flesh white, red 

 near the pit which is free, rather dry, with an aromatic flavor; season the last of July. 

 Rosebank. i. Elliott Fr. Book 279. 1854. 2. Downing Fr. Trees- .\iii. 625. 1S57. 



Originated with James Dougall, Windsor, Canada. Fruit large, round, with a deep 

 suture; skin greenish-white, with a mottled, dark red cheek; flesh free, white, juicy, melting, 

 rich, excellent; season varies from the last of August to early September. 

 Rosedale. 1. Tex. Sta. Bui. 39:816. i8<)(). 



Originated in sotithern Texas. A small, yellow, subacid, clingstone peach, ripening 

 the last of August. 

 Rosen-Magdalene, i. Dochnah\ Fiihr. Obstkundc 3:200. 1858. 



Fruit of medium size, roundish, with a shallow suture; skin greenish-yellow, rareh' 

 tinged with red; flesh firm, nioderately juicy; ripens the last of September. 

 Rosenburg Cling, i. Wickson Cal. Fruits 315. 1889. 



This large, ^'ellow, clingstone peach originated on Kings River, Fresno County, 

 California. It is said to be jjroductive and superior to Lemon Cling. 

 Roser. i. ///. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 179. 1886. 2. Midi. ."^ta. Bid. 169:224. 1S99. 



Fruit of medium size, roundish, inclining to ovate; skin creamy-white; flesh free, 

 white, juicy, tender, sprightly; quality fair; season early October. 

 Roseville. i. Mich. Sta. Bui. 169:225. 1899. 



R-Oseville Cling. 2. Wickson Cal. Fruits 315. 18S9. 



Originated in Placer County, California. Frait large, roundish-t)val ; color creamy- 

 white; flesh adherent, creamy-\\'hite, red at the i)it, juic\', firm, vinous, rich; qualit}' good; 

 season the last of September. 



Rossanna. i. Miller (?a?-d. Diet. 1752. 2. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:11, PI. VI. 1768. 

 3. Forsyth Treat. Fr. Trees 29. 1803. 4. Lindley Guide Orch. Card. 269. 183 1. 



Kozanna. 5. Langley Pomona 101, PI. XXVII fig. III. 1729. 



Koussaine. 6. Knoop Friictologie 2:8<S. 1771. 



.Mherge-Aprikosenpfirsich. 7. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstkuude 3:217, 218. 1858. 



Rossanna, though called Alberge by several writers, is a distinct variety. Tree a 

 medium grower, very productive; flowers small, pale, dull red; leaves crenate; glands 

 reniform; fruit of mediiun size, roundish, slightly larger and more flattened than Alberge; 

 suture prominent; apex terminating in a short nipple; skin yellow, almost entirely overlaid 

 with deep purple; flesh deep yellow, red at the pit, fiim, often mealy, sweet, vinous; stone 

 small, free; ripens the middle of September. 

 Round Transparent, i. Prince Pom. Man. 1:188. 1832. 



This peach is distinct from Grosse Mignonne although very similar in most characters. 

 The chief differences between the two are that this sort has reniform glands and smaller 

 fruit. The variety was introduced to America from France tibout 1825 by William Robert 

 Prince, Flushing, New York. 



