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Roussane Berthelane. i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 6:265, 266 fig. 1879. 



Fruit large, roundish-oval, w4th a pronounced suture; skin clear greenish-yellow, 

 w4th a dark red blush; flesh white, very juicy, tender, sweet, with a pleasant flavor; stone 

 tree; season the middle of September. 

 Roussanne Nouvelle. i. Mas Pom. Gen. 12:180. 1883. 



Fruit very large, round; skin very pubescent, deep red; flesh white, free; ripens the 

 list of August. 

 Royal Charlotte, i. Prince Treat. Fr. Trees 16. 1820. 2. Land. Hort. Soc. Cat. iot,. 183 i. 



Neii' Royal Charlotte. 3. Lindley Guide Orch. Gard. 265. 183 1. 



Mittelgrossbluhende Magdalene. 4. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstktinde 3:197. 1858. 



Madeleine a moyennes fleurs. 5. Mas Le Verger 7: 151, 152, fig. 74. 1866-73. 



Madeleine Hdtive. 6. Leroj'' Diet. Pom. 6:152, 153 fig., 154. 1879. 



This English peach originated in Kew Gardens and at first was known as Kew. 



Leaves doubly serrate, glandless; flowers of medium size, dark red; fruit above medium 



in size, ovate ; skin pale greenish-white, with a deep red, marbled cheek ; flesh white, stained 



at the pit, jnelting, juicy; stone ovoid, free; ripens early in September. 



Royal George, i. Christ Worterb. 356. 1802. 2. Pom. Mag. 3:119, PI. 1830. 



3. Lindley Guide Orch. Gard. 2 TO. 1831. 4. Prince Pow. Mom. i: 179, 180. 1831. 



5. Downing Fr. Tree<; Am. 485. 1845. 6. Hogg Fruit Man. 459, 460. 1884. 



7. Mas L^ Verger T.iii, 122, fig. 59. 1866-73. 



Millet's Mignonne. 8. Lindley Guide Oreh. Gard. 262, 263. 1S31. 



Konigliche Magdalene. 9. Dochnahl Fii/ir. Obstkunde 3:197. 1858. 



Konig Georgs Pfirsich. 10. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 402. 1889. 



It is very doubtful if the variety here described as Royal George is the original variety. 

 According to Hogg the first mention of Royal George is by Switzer who said, in 1724, 

 that it was raised by a Mr. Oram, Brompton Lane, England. At this time George the 

 First was on the throne and, no doubt, the peach was named for him. The variety became 

 popular but was difficult to propagate since it united with peach stocks very poorly. 

 Hence, nurserymen substituted Millet's Mignonne, a new sort at that time which had 

 been introduced by a Mr. Millet, North End, Fulham, England. The original Royal 

 George was probably a seedling of Grosse Mignonne and but little different from that 

 variety in many characters. The long list of synonyms given Royal George by writers 

 attests the length of time this name has been extant and the confusion surrounding its 

 identity. Flowers small; leaves serrate, without glands; fruit large, round, somewhat 

 depressed, with a moderately deep suture; skin very pale yellowish-white, sprinkled with 

 many red dots and marbled with deep red; flesh pale yellowish-white, very red at the 

 stone from which it separates, very juicy, melting, rich and highly flavored; usually ripens 

 the first of September. 

 Royal George Clingstone, i. Prince Pom. Man. 2:20. 1832. 



Differs from Royal George by being more oblong in shape and having flesh adherent 

 to the stone. 

 Royal George Mignonne. i. Lindley Guide Orch. Gard. 270, 271. 1831. 



.\ccording tr, Lindlev, this variety is reported to have been raised from seed by a 



