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Persique is a very old variety of unknown origin, the name having often been con- 

 fused with other sorts. Fruit large, oblong, somewhat angular, often with small pro- 

 tuberances over the surface and with a distinct swelling at the apex; skin velvety, with 

 considerable red; flesh white, light red next the stone, juicy, melting, with a rich, agree- 

 able flavor; stone large, free; ripens from the last of September to early October. 

 Peruvianischer Blutpfirsich. i. Dochnahl Fw/tr. Obstkunde 3: ig4. 1858. 



Fruit large, dark red, almost black; flesh dark red; ripens at the end of September. 

 Pesca Mandorla. i. Card. Chron. 907. 1858. 



Exhibited at the Imperial and Royal Horticultiiral Society, Tuscany, Italy. 

 Pesca Melo. i. Gard. Chron. 907. 1858. 



Also exhibited at the Imperial and Royal Horticultural Society, Tuscany, Italy. 

 Peter Cling, i. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 152. 1883. 



Listed in this reference as coming from Washington County, Texas. 

 Petite Bourdine. i. Mas Pom. Gen. 12:141, 142, fig. 7. 1883. 



Fruit of medium size, elongated-oval; skin pale yellowish- white, washed with deep 

 red; flesh white, striped with dark red at the pit which is free, juicy, firm, sweet, with a 

 pleasant, aromatic flavor; season the middle of September. 

 Petite Imperial, i. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 30. 1877. 



Petit Imperial Mammoth White. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 155. 1858. 



Petit' s Imperial. 3. Mag. Hort. 30:208. 1864. 



A large, white, moderately juicy, vinous peach with reniform glands, ripening rather 

 late. 



Petite Mignonne. i. Traite des PechersS. 1750. 2. Prince Pom. Man. 1:174, 175. 

 1831. 3. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 402. 1889. 



Double de Troyes. 4. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:8, 9, PI. IV. 1768. 5. Leroy 

 Diet. Pom. 6:107, 108 fig., log. 1879. 



Kleine Lieblingspfirsche. 6. Christ If OMd&. 596, 597. 181 7. 



Grosse rothe FrUhpfirsche. 7. Liegel Syst. Anleit. 179, 180. 1825. 



Kleiner Ueblicher Lackpfirsich. 8. Dochnahl Fahr. Obstkunde 3:21^, 214. 1858. 



Besides being larger than Red Nutmeg, with which it is sometimes confused, this 

 variety has small flowers of a very pale rose-color. It was first spoken of by the French in 

 1670. Leaves with small, reniform glands; fruit small, globose; skin thin, white, with 

 some red; flesh stained at the pit, firm, sweet, aromatic; stone free, small, ovoid, plump; 

 matures early in August. 

 Petite Pavie d'Oimous. i. Mag. Hort. 26:152, 153. i860. 



Tree small; fruit nearly round, marked with a distinct suture; skin yellowish-white, 

 dotted with a rose-color; flesh white, streaked with red at the stone which is adherent, 

 firm, juicy, subacid and somewhat insipid; season very late. 

 Petite Violette Hative. i. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:26, 27, PI. XVI, fig. 2. 1768. 



Fruit large, nearly round; skin yellowish-white, with a reddish-violet blush; flesh 

 whitish-yellow, red at the pit, juicy, sweet, with a vinous, aromatic flavor; season the 

 first of September. 



