438 THE PEACHES OF NEW YORK 



Peche de Sainte-Aiuie. i. Thomas Guide Prat. 51, 223. 1876. 2. Guide Prat. 35, 210. 

 1895. 



Originated in the Province of Lombardy, Italy. Fruit large, beautifully colored with 

 dark red; flesh yellow, red at the pit, fibrous, sweet; ripens the first of August. 

 Peche Souvenir de Pierre Tochon. i. Rev. Hort. 246, 247. igo6. 



This peach was raised in 1891 but its parentage is unknown. Fruit very large, regular; 

 color yellow, blushed with red; flesh yellowish- white, juicy, sweet; purplish-red next the 

 pit which is free ; quality very good ; ripens the middle of September. 

 Peche de Syrie. i. Mas Le Verger 7:7, 8, fig. 2. 1866-73. 2. Pom. France 6:No. 26, 

 PI. 26. 1869. 3. Leroy Did. Pom. 6:283, 284 fig., 285. 1879. 



D'Egypt. 4. Mag. Hort. 20:270. 1854. 



Syrische Pfirsich. 5. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 416. 1889. 



This variety probably originated from a peach-pit brought to France from Egypt 

 about 1802 by a M. Barral, a surgeon in the French aimy. Fruit medium in size, roundish- 

 oval, with a moderately deep suture ; skin pale yellow, washed with dark red; flesh yellowish- 

 white, tinged with red at the center, juicy, sweet, with a pleasant, vinous, aromatic flavor; 

 quality good; stone free; ripens from the first to the middle of September. 

 Peche Theophile Sueur, i. Rev. Hort. 574, 575, PI. 1909. 



Arth-ur Chevreau, a horticulturist at Montreuil-sous-Bois, France, obtained this 

 variety from a peach-pit which he planted in 1897. Tree vigorous, productive; fruit 

 medium to large, roundish, with a highly colored surface; flesh white, with red veins 

 at the center, juicy, sweet; good to very good in quality; stone free; season early in 

 September. 

 Peche Tondu. i. Rev. Hort. 261, 262. 1888. 



Originated at Montreuil, France, in 1878. Tree vigorous, productive; glands reni- 

 form; fruit large, oval; skin blushed with deep red; flesh white, stained at the pit, sweet, 

 aromatic; ripens at the end of September. 

 Peche de Trianon, i. Thomas Guide Prat. 51. 1876. 



Listed in this reference. 

 Peche de Verone. i. Christ Worterb. 356. 1802. 2. Mas Le Verger 7:239, 240, fig. 

 118. 1866-73. 3- Leroy Diet. Pom. 6:298 fig., 299. 1879. 



This peach originated about 1830 in Verona, Venetia, Italy. Fruit large, roundish- 

 oval, with a distinct suture; skin yellowish-white, dotted and washed with red in the sun; 

 flesh free, white, tinged with piurpHsh-red at the pit, juicy, sweet, with a pleasant, vinous 

 flavor; ripens the first of September. 

 Peche de Verviers. i. Thomas Guide Prat. 52. 1876. 



A glandless variety with rose-colored flowers. 

 Peche de Vigne Blanche, i. Baltet Cult. Fr. 236. 1908. 



Listed as a pubescent, freestone variety. 

 Peche de Vigne Jaune. i. Baltet Cult Fr. 236. 1908. 



This is also a freestone peach with pubescent skin. 

 Peche de Vigne Rouge, i. Baltet Cult. Fr. 236. 1908. 



Still another pubescent, freestone peach. 



