Tree vigorous; flowers small; fruit very large; ripens in October.
Monstrueuse de Saverdun. 1. Thomas Guide Prat. 50. 1876.
Probably of French origin; glands reniform.
Montagne Tardive. 1. Thomas Guide Prat. 50. 1876.
An English variety.
Montauban. 1. Miller Gard. Dict. 1752. 2. Lindley Guide Orch. Gard. 263. 1831.
Montabon. 3. Langley Pomona 102, Pl. 28 fig. 4. 1729.
Tree productive; leaves doubly serrate, glandless; flowers large, pale; fruit medium in size, with a small suture; skin greenish-yellow, covered with deep red in the sun; flesh white to the stone, melting, juicy, rich, freestone; ripens the middle of August.
Montgomery Late. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 621. 1857. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 30. 1875.
This variety, of American origin, was listed by the American Pomological Society from 1875 until 1897. Glands reniform; flowers large; fruit large, round, depressed at the apex; suture shallow but distinct; skin downy, yellowish-white, with a dull red cheek; flesh red at the stone, very juicy, melting; freestone; ripens the first of September, lasting nearly a month.
Monticola. 1. Tex. Sta. Bul. 39:813. 1896.