Charles Rongé. 1. Mas Le Verger 7:81, 82, fig. 39. 1866-73.
Charles Rongé was introduced by a M. Galopin, Liege, Belgium. Glands small, globose; flowers of medium size; fruit large, spherical, compressed at the ends; noticeably sutured; skin tender, covered with short pubescence, pale green, blushed with intense carmine; flesh white to the pit, melting, sugary; first quality; stone small for the size of fruit, ovoid, semi-free; ripens early in August.
Chas. Wood. 1. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 404. 1894.
Grown in Canada.
Charlotte. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 36. 1909. 2. Waugh Am. Peach Orch. 200. 1913.
Charlotte should not be confused with the yellow-fleshed Early Charlotte. This variety is said to have originated in Europe and is a large, oval, white-fleshed freestone, ripening in early mid-season; it was added to the American Pomological Society's fruit-list in 1909.
Chartreux. 1. Carrière Var. Pêchers 67, 68. 1867.
Chartreux was obtained from seed of either Brugnon Musque or Brugnon des Chartreux, planted in 1859. Tree vigorous; glands reniform; flowers very small; fruit medium to large, roundish, depressed; skin very pubescent, yellowish, streaked with dark red; flesh greenish-white, red at the pit; stone free, oval, roundish at the base; ripens the last of August.
Chase Early. 1. R. G. Chase Cat. 19, Pl. 1900.
Chase Early is a seedling of Mountain Rose according to R. G. Chase, Geneva, New York. On the Station grounds the fruit ripens with Elberta. Leaves large, with small, globose glands; flowers small, dark pink at the edge of the petals; fruit large, roundish-oblate; skin tough, thick, creamy-white, with a lively red blush and a few dull splashes; flesh white except at the pit, melting, juicy, sprightly; quality good; stone oval.