Imperial (Pettit). 1. Elliott Fr. Book 298. 1859.
Elliott mentions this variety as of American origin. Fruit large, roundish-oval, yellow, with red in the sun; flesh yellow, juicy, sweet, subacid, free; season the middle of September.
Improved Pyramidal. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 75. 1873.
The habit of this variety is similar to that of a Lombardy poplar; it often attains a height of thirty feet. The original tree was found in Kentucky by W. P. Robinson. Fruit medium to large; skin white, covered with carmine; flesh juicy, melting, vinous; quality best; matures August first.
Incomparable. 1. Lond. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 5:549. 1824. 2. Lindley Guide Orch. Gard. 275. 1831.
Pavie Admirable. 3. Kenrick Am. Orch. 232. 1832.
Incomparable ripens with and is very similar to Catharine. The variety appeared on the list of fruits of the American Pomological Society from 1877 to 1897. Leaves crenate, with reniform glands; flowers small, pale; fruit large, roundish, with a slight swelling on one side; skin light yellow, pale red in the sun, becoming deep crimson; flesh tinged with red at the pit, juicy, sugary; stone roundish, nearly smooth, adherent.
Incomparable en Beauté. 1. Hogg Fruit Man. 224. 1866.
A showy fruit but only fair in quality. Glands round; flowers small; fruit large, round, depressed at the ends; skin pale yellowish-green, streaked with crimson where exposed; flesh white, stained at the stone, melting, juicy, vinous; ripens the middle of September.
Incomparable Guilloux. 1. Rev. Hort. 478. 1905.
M. Guilloux, horticulturist at Saint-Genis Laval, Rhône, France, obtained this variety by crossing Bonouvrier and Amsden. Tree vigorous; leaves glandless; flowers small; fruit large, roundish, highly colored; flesh melting, juicy, sweet, aromatic; stone slightly adherent; ripens with Hale Early.