This variety probably originated from a peach-pit brought to France from Egypt about 1802 by a M. Barral, a surgeon in the French army. Fruit medium in size, roundish-oval, with a moderately deep suture; skin pale yellow, washed with dark red; flesh yellowish-white, tinged with red at the center, juicy, sweet, with a pleasant, vinous, aromatic flavor; quality good; stone free; ripens from the first to the middle of September.
Pêche Théophile Sueur. 1. Rev. Hort. 574, 575, Pl. 1909.
Arthur Chevreau, a horticulturist at Montreuil-sous-Bois, France, obtained this variety from a peach-pit which he planted in 1897. Tree vigorous, productive; fruit medium to large, roundish, with a highly colored surface; flesh white, with red veins at the center, juicy, sweet; good to very good in quality; stone free; season early in September.
Pêche Tondu. 1. Rev. Hort. 261, 262. 1888.
Originated at Montreuil, France, in 1878. Tree vigorous, productive; glands reniform; fruit large, oval; skin blushed with deep red; flesh white, stained at the pit, sweet, aromatic; ripens at the end of September.
Pêche de Trianon. 1. Thomas Guide Prat. 51. 1876.
Listed in this reference.
Pêche de Vérone. 1. Christ Wörterb. 356. 1802. 2. Mas Le Verger 7:239, 240, fig. 118. 1866-73. 3. Leroy Dict. Pom. 6:298 fig., 299. 1879.
This peach originated about 1830 in Verona, Venetia, Italy. Fruit large, roundish-oval, with a distinct suture; skin yellowish-white, dotted and washed with red in the sun; flesh free, white, tinged with purplish-red at the pit, juicy, sweet, with a pleasant, vinous flavor; ripens the first of September.
Pêche de Verviers. 1. Thomas Guide Prat. 52. 1876.