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Fruitland. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 61$. 1869. 



Fruitland originated at Augusta, Georgia. Fruit large, obovate, tapering to a point; 

 greenish -white, with a pale, mottled red cheek; flesh greenish-white, faintly red at the 

 stone, very juicy, vinous; freestone; matures early in September. 

 Fulkerson. i. Elliott Fr. Book 283. 1854. 



Of American origin, having been raised by R. P. Fulkerson, Ashland, Ohio, about 1851. 

 Leaves without glands; fruit of medium size, obtuse, sides irregular and unequal; skin 

 white, with a red cheek; flesh whitish-yellow, tinged at the stone, juicy, rich, high in 

 quality; stone small, angular, flattened, free; ripens August 20th. 

 Fullers Galande. i. Land. Hort.'Soc. Cat. 97. 1831. 



Listed as having globose glands and small flowers. 

 Fumess. i. Am. Pom. Sac. Rpt. 59. 1869. 



Mentioned as a good, late clingstone. 

 G. & A. I. Del. Sta. Rpt. 5:98. 1892. 



Fruit irregular in outline; yellow-fleshed; freestone; quality good; pit small; ripens the 

 first of September. 

 G. Orange Cling, i. III. Hort. Sac. Rpt. 206. 1896. 



An inferior variety listed by the Illinois Horticultural Society; fruit of medium size; 

 flesh yellow; quality fair. 

 Gaillard-Girerd I. i. Rev. Hort. N. S. 7:12. 1907. 



Soon after the early American varieties of the Amsden and Hale Early type were 

 introduced into France they were used in breeding new varieties. This peach is a white- 

 fleshed freestone, resulting from a seed of Poirieux crossed with Hale Early. 

 Gaillard-Girerd n. i. Rev. Hort. N. S. 7:12. 1907. 



Said to resemble closely its parent, Gaillard-Girerd I. 

 Gain de Montreuil. i. Gard. Chron. 68. 1848. 2. Mas Le Verger 7:123, 124, fig. 60. 

 1866-73. 



Galande von Montreuil. 3. Lauche Deut. Pom. 6: No. 6, PI. 1882. 



Alexis Lepfere, Montreuil, France, grew this variety about 1846. Tree strong, unusually 

 productive ; leaves with both renif orm and globose glands ; flowers very small ; fruit of medium 

 size, roundish, depressed at the ends; suture distinct; apex with a small, mamelon tip; 

 skin thin, with short pubescence, yellowish-white, with a red blush; flesh stained at the 

 stone, firm, sweet; very good; stone adherent, elongated-oval, deeply furrowed; ripens 

 the last of August. 



Galande. i. Pom. Mag. 1:26, PI. 1828. 2. Mas L^ Verger 7:189, 190, fig. 93. 1866- 

 73. 3. Leroy Diet. Pom. 6:124, 125 fig., 126. 1879. 4. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 

 396, 397. 1889. 



Bellegarde. 5. Miller Gard. Diet. 1752. 6. Lindley Guide Orch. Gard. 254, 255. 

 1831. 7. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 471. 1845. 



Grosse Noire de Montreuil. 8. Ann. Pom. Beige 1:85, PI. 1853. 



Violette Galande. 9. Dochnahl Fw/ir. Obstkunde 3:210, 211. 1858. 



The origin of this old variety is unknown. It apparently was known in France in the 

 middle of the Seventeenth Century and was long and widely cultivated in that country 



