Despot. 1. Rea Flora 211. 1676.
Listed as a yellow peach spotted with red.
Desprez. 1. Poiteau Pom. Franc. 1:No. 39, Pl. 1846.
Named after a M. Desprez, a judge at Alençon, Orne, France. Leaves carry from two to four reniform glands; flowers large; fruit variable, often large, roundish, with a small, mamelon tip at the apex; skin smooth, thick, yellow; flesh white, melting, vinous; stone plump, oval, pointed at the ends, free; ripens the last of August.
Desse Tardive. 1. Jour. Hort. N.S. 9:250. 1865. 2. Mas Le Verger 7:143, 144, fig. 70. 1866-73. 3. Hogg Fruit Man. 218. 1866.
Desse Tardive was named after its originator, a M. Desse of Chantecoq, Seine, France, about 1835. Glands round; flowers small; fruit large, round, flattened at the top, deeply sutured; skin thin, greenish-white, marbled with vermilion-red; flesh white, slightly colored with red at the stone, melting, juicy, sweet; stone plump, nearly free; ripens at the end of September.
Dewey Cling. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 91. 1899. 2. Peyton-Barnes Cat. 19. 1912.
Dewey Cling originated with H. W. Jenkins, Boonville, Missouri, in 1898. Tree vigorous, healthy, upright yet spreading, hardy; fruit of good size; skin smooth, creamy-white; flesh white, very juicy, rich; of good quality; ripens in Missouri the middle of September.
Dey. 1. Rural N. Y. 41:864, fig. 1882.
Named after a Mr. Dey, Newark, New Jersey, in whose yard it was found. Fruit large, greenish-white; sweet, rich, juicy; freestone.