Grosse Bourdine. 1. Thomas Guide Prat. 49. 1876
Listed in this reference.
Grosse Gallande. 1. Kenrick Am. Orch. 186. 1841.
Fruit large, attractive, roundish; color white, with a red blush; flavor excellent; ripens early in September.
Grosse Madeleine Lepére. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 12:185. 1883.
Listed in this reference.
Grosse Mignonne. 1. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:18, 19, Pl. X. 1768. 2. Pom. Mag. 1:23, Pl. 1828. 3. Lindley Guide Orch. Gard. 258, 259. 1831. 4. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 478. 1845. 5. Proc. Nat. Con. Fr. Gr. 37, 51. 1848. 6. Thomas Guide Prat. 40, 219. 1876. 7. Leroy Dict. Pom. 6:162, 163 fig., 164. 1879. 8. Hogg Fruit Man. 449. 1884.
Grimwood's Royal George. 9. Brookshaw Pom. Brit. 1:Pl. 21, fig. 1. 1817.
Early Vineyard. 10. Lindley Guide Orch. Gard. 257. 1831.
Neil's Early Purple. 11. Ibid. 263, 264. 1831.
Royal Kensington. 12. Ibid. 271. 1831.
Superb Royal. 13. Ibid. 272, 273. 1831.
Gemeiner Lieblingspfirsich. 14. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 3:201, 202. 1858.
Veloutée de Piémont. 15. Thomas Guide Prat. 51. 1876.
Grosse Mignon Pfirsich. 16. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 398, 399. 1889.
The numerous synonyms for this variety are an evidence of the esteem in which it was long held. It undoubtedly originated in France; according to Leroy it was mentioned by Merlet in 1667. During the reign of George the Third, Grimwood, of the Kensington Nursery, sent it out as Grimwood's Royal George. A Mr. Lee of Hammersmith, England, called it Early Vineyard; Shailer, of Chelsea, Superb Royal; Forsyth, a royal gardener at Kensington in 1784, called it Royal Kensington. Lindley described the same variety under several different names, apparently believing them to be distinct. At the first meeting of the American Pomological Society, in 1848, Grosse Mignonne was placed on the list of recommended fruits, a place it held until 1899 when it was dropped. Tree large, moderately vigorous, subject to mildew, productive; glands small, globose; fruit large, roundish, depressed and marked with a hollow suture at the top, which seems to divide it into two lobes; color pale greenish-yellow, mottled with red which deepens to brownish-red on the sunny side; flesh free, pale yellow, rayed with red at the stone, melting, juicy, with a rich, delicate, vinous flavor; quality good; ripens at the last of August.
Grosse Mignonne Lepére. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 12:185. 1883.
Listed in this reference.