According to the Chico Nursery Company, Chico, California, Perfection originated near Weston, Umatilla County, Oregon. Fruit large, yellow, with a beautiful blush; flesh yellow, red at the pit, thick, fine-grained; season early in September.
Period Early Nutmeg. 1. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 101. 1831.
Listed in this reference.
Persian Cling. 1. Wickson Cal. Fruits 317. 1889. 2. Fancher Creek Nur. Cat. 27. 1906.
This variety is supposed to have originated from a seed of Heath Cling at Visalia, California. Fruit large, with clear white skin; flesh white to the pit, very firm, sweet; valuable for canning; ripens with its parent.
Persique. 1. Miller Gard. Dict. 1752. 2. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:40, 41, Pl. XXIX. 1768. 3. Coxe Cult. Fr. Trees 229, 230, fig. 15. 1817. 4. Prince Pom. Man. 2:13. 1832. 5. Leroy Dict. Pom. 6:236, 237. 1879.
Grosse Perseque. 6. Kenrick Am. Orch. 232. 1832.
Persique Clingstone. 7. Prince Pom. Man. 2:36. 1832.
Persischer Lackpfirsich. 8. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 3:215. 1858.
Persée. 9. Le Bon Jard. 329. 1882.
Persique is a very old variety of unknown origin, the name having often been confused with other sorts. Fruit large, oblong, somewhat angular, often with small protuberances over the surface and with a distinct swelling at the apex; skin velvety, with considerable red; flesh white, light red next the stone, juicy, melting, with a rich, agreeable flavor; stone large, free; ripens from the last of September to early October.
Peruvianischer Blutpfirsich. 1. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 3:194. 1858.
Fruit large, dark red, almost black; flesh dark red; ripens at the end of September.
Pesca Mandorla. 1. Gard. Chron. 907. 1858.