364 THE PEACHES OF NEW YORK 



mamelon tip; skin fine red next the sun; flesh melting, sweet, with a pleasant flavor; ripens 

 the first of September. 



French Mignonne. i. Miller Card. Did. 1752. 2. Brookshaw Pom. Brit. i:Pl. 21 fig. 2. 

 1817. 



Although bearing a close resemblance to Grosse Mignonne, this peach seems to be 

 distinct. The chief points of difference are thicker skin, more brilliant color and more 

 oblong form in the fruit of this variety. 

 French Willow Leaved, i. Prince Pom. Man. 2:12. 1832. 



A Feuilles de Saule. 2. Carri^re Var. Packers 77, 78. 1867. 



This tree has leaves resembling those of the wiUow. Leaves devoid of glands; flowers 

 very small; fruit of mediimi size or larger, roundish, halves unequal; flesh white, red at the 

 stone; pit large, free; ripens in October and only succeeds in a warm exposure. 

 Friers, i. 'R.ea. Flora 211. 1676. 



" Friers peach is an excellent fruit." 

 Fritzes Samling. ' i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 395. 1889. 



Listed in this reference. 

 Frogmore Golden, i. 'Rogg Fruit Man. 221. 1866. 2. Flor. & Pom. 89, PI. 1878. 



A Mr. Ingram, Frogmore, England, grew this variety from a pit of the Bellegarde peach 

 crossed with Pitmaston Orange nectarine. Trees rather free from mildew; glands globose; 

 fruit of medium size; of a deep apricot color, both in and out; flesh rich, vinous, tinged 

 at the stone from which it separates; ripens early. 

 Friihe aus der Ortenau. i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 395. 1889. 



Listed in this reference. 

 Friihe May von Brigg. i. Lucas Handh. Obst. 475. 1893. 



Tree strong and very productive; fruit very large, whitish-yellow, with a red blush; 

 ripens the middle of July. 

 Friihe Mignonne. i. Land. Hort. Soc. Cat. 100. 183 1. 2. Mathieu A^ojm. Pow. 395. 1889. 



Large Early Mignonne. 3. Prince Pom. Man. 2:10. 1832. 



Early Mignonne. 4. Kenrick Am. Orch. 211. 1832. 



Friihe Lieblingspfirsich. 5. YiochnakA Fahr. Obstkunde z: 202. 1858. 



Early Grosse Mignonne. 6. Hogg Fruit Man. 219. 1866. 7. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 

 30. 1877. 8. Leroy Diet. Pom. 6:165 %•> 166. 1879. 



Friihe Mignonne was first mentioned early in the Nineteenth Century as coming 

 from the vicinity of Paris, France. It is a strain of Grosse Mignonne, but ^^'ith smaller and 

 earlier fruit. The American Pomological Society listed it in its fruit-catalog from 1877 

 until 1,897. Glands small, globose; flowers large; fruit large, roundish, more or less ovoid, 

 regular in outline, strongly sutured; usually with a mamelon tip; skin pale yellow, 

 marbled with carmine; flesh whitish-green, red at the pit, melting, juicy, sweet, sprightly; 

 stone roundish-oval, plump, nearly free; ripens early in August. 

 Friiher Bergpfirsich. i. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstkunde 3:200, 201. 1858. 



Fruit large, oblate, halves unequal; deeply sutured; skin with a straw-yellow color, 

 with dark red streaks, heavily pubescent; flesh white throughout, pleasing; stone small; 

 ripens from the first to the middle of August. 



