Gaillard-Girerd I. 1. Rev. Hort. N. S. 7:12. 1907.
Soon after the early American varieties of the Amsden and Hale Early type were introduced into France they were used in breeding new varieties. This peach is a white-fleshed freestone, resulting from a seed of Poirieux crossed with Hale Early.
Gaillard-Girerd II. 1. Rev. Hort. N. S. 7:12. 1907.
Said to resemble closely its parent, Gaillard-Girerd I.
Gain de Montreuil. 1. Gard. Chron. 68. 1848. 2. Mas Le Verger 7:123, 124, fig. 60. 1866-73.
Galande von Montreuil. 3. Lauche Deut. Pom. 6:No. 6, Pl. 1882.
Alexis Lepère, Montreuil, France, grew this variety about 1846. Tree strong, unusually productive; leaves with both reniform and globose glands; flowers very small; fruit of medium size, roundish, depressed at the ends; suture distinct; apex with a small, mamelon tip; skin thin, with short pubescence, yellowish-white, with a red blush; flesh stained at the stone, firm, sweet; very good; stone adherent, elongated-oval, deeply furrowed; ripens the last of August.
Galande. 1. Pom. Mag. 1:26, Pl. 1828. 2. Mas Le Verger 7:189, 190, fig. 93. 1866-73. 3. Leroy Dict. Pom. 6:124, 125 fig., 126. 1879. 4. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 396, 397. 1889.
Bellegarde. 5. Miller Gard. Dict. 1752. 6. Lindley Guide Orch. Gard. 254, 255. 1831. 7. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 471. 1845.
Grosse Noire de Montreuil. 8. Ann. Pom. Belge 1:85, Pl. 1853.
Violette Galande. 9. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 3:210, 211. 1858.
The origin of this old variety is unknown. It apparently was known in France in the middle of the Seventeenth Century and was long and widely cultivated in that country under various names. The number of synonyms shows its popularity in France and England. Leaves crenate, with globose glands; flowers small; fruit large, round, regular, with a shallow suture; color pale yellowish-green, with a rich red cheek, often streaked with darker purple; flesh pale yellow, rayed with red at the stone, melting, juicy, highly flavored, free; season the last of August.
Galande Pointue. 1. Mas Le Verger 7:129, 130, fig. 63. 1866-73. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 6:127 fig., 128. 1879.
Spitze Galand Pfirsich. 3. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 415. 1889. 4. Gaucher Pom. Prak. Obst. No. 85, Tab. 77. 1894.
About 1805 a M. Dormeau of Montreuil, Seine, France, seems to have been growing this variety. Fruit large, roundish-oval, irregular; skin yellowish-white, partly covered and dotted with carmine; flesh whitish, somewhat red at the center, firm but tender, juicy, sweet, vinous; quality good; stone free; season early in August.