Listed as a good peach for Missouri.
Maid of Malines. 1. Gard. Chron. 204. 1848.
Pucelle de Malines. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 30. 1875. 3. Leroy Dict. Pom. 6:249 fig., 250. 1879.
Jungfern-Magdalene. 4. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 3:199. 1858.
Jungfrau von Mecheln. 5. Gaucher Pom. Prak. Obst. No. 87, Tab. 19. 1894.
This variety from Belgium held a place on the fruit-list of the American Pomological Society from 1875 until 1897. Tree vigorous, productive; glands lacking; flowers large; fruit large, roundish, depressed; suture well marked; skin very downy, clear yellow, highly colored where exposed; flesh yellowish-white, stained at the stone, melting, juicy, sugary; freestone; ripens at the end of August.
Malden. 1. Elliott Fr. Book 286. 1854.
Early Malden. 2. Mag. Hort. 14:537. 1848.
Leaves glandless; flowers small; fruit medium in size, roundish, compressed, one side enlarged; suture distinct; skin white, with a red cheek; juicy, sprightly; freestone; matures the last of August.
Malta. 1. Miller Gard. Dict. 1752. 2. Pom. Mag. 1:No. 15, Pl. 1828. 3. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 78. 1862. 4. Leroy Dict. Pom. 6:157 fig., 158. 1879.
Malta is supposed to have originated in Malta or in Italy but the Italians did not mention it until it had been known in France for some time, Merlet having described it in 1667. It was early introduced into America and held a place on the fruit-list of the American Pomological Society from 1862 until 1891. Leaves doubly serrate, without glands; flowers large, pale; fruit of medium size, depressed at the apex; suture broad and shallow; skin dull green, broadly marbled with dull purplish-red; flesh greenish-yellow, stained with red near the pit, juicy, rich, vinous; stone free, oval, pointed; ripens at the end of August.
Malte de Gouin. 1. Thomas Guide Prat. 41, 221. 1876. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 12:129, 130, fig. 1. 1883.
The fruit is larger and the quality better than that of Malta. Tree productive; leaves glandless; fruit spherical, striped and marbled with reddish-purple; flesh white to the stone, melting, juicy, aromatic; stone small for the size of the fruit, free; ripens the first of September.
Malte de Lisieux. 1. Carrière Var. Pêchers 82. 1867.