Double Cramoisie de Fortune. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 12:185. 1883.
Listed in this reference.
Double Jaune. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 12:165, 166, fig. 19. 1883.
Originated in the vicinity of Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, France. Leaves with reniform glands; flowers medium in size; fruit large, roundish-oval, ending in a mamelon tip; deeply sutured; skin thin, tender, canary-yellow, nearly covered with an intense reddish-brown; flesh yellow to the stone, melting, juicy, with an apricot flavor; of first quality; stone small for the size of fruit, oval, freestone; ripens at the end of August.
Double Mountain. 1. Brookshaw Pom. Brit. 1:Pl. 26. 1817. 2. Christ Handb. 592. 1817. 3. Lindley Guide Orch. Gard. 246. 1831.
Sion. 4. Miller Gard. Dict. 1752.
Doppelter Bergpfirsich. 5. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 3:198. 1858.
An excellent French variety very similar to Noblesse but ripening a week earlier. Leaves doubly serrate, glandless, not as susceptible to mildew as most French varieties; flowers large; fruit of medium size, roundish, flattened at the apex; skin greenish-white, marbled with deep red on a soft red blush; flesh white to the stone, melting, juicy, highly flavored; stone mucronate, rugged, free; ripens from the middle to the last of August.
Down Easter. 1. Elliott Fr. Book 283. 1854.
Hall Down-Easter. 2. Cole Am. Fr. Book 196, 197. 1849.
This variety originated many years ago with M. Hall, Portland, Maine. It has long since passed from cultivation. Tree hardy and productive; fruit large, roundish, with a deep suture; skin yellow, with a broad, red cheek; quality fair; season the last of September.
Downer. 1. Gard. Mon. 19:115. 1877.
A seedling of the old Red Rareripe, grown at Newburyport, Massachusetts; never disseminated.