Besides being larger than Red Nutmeg, with which it is sometimes confused, this variety has small flowers of a very pale rose-color. It was first spoken of by the French in 1670. Leaves with small, reniform glands; fruit small, globose; skin thin, white, with some red; flesh stained at the pit, firm, sweet, aromatic; stone free, small, ovoid, plump; matures early in August.
Petite Pavie d'Ounous. 1. Mag. Hort. 26:152, 153. 1860.
Tree small; fruit nearly round, marked with a distinct suture; skin yellowish-white, dotted with a rose-color; flesh white, streaked with red at the stone which is adherent, firm, juicy, subacid and somewhat insipid; season very late.
Petite Violette Hâtive. 1. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:26, 27, Pl. XVI, fig. 2. 1768.
Fruit large, nearly round; skin yellowish-white, with a reddish-violet blush; flesh whitish-yellow, red at the pit, juicy, sweet, with a vinous, aromatic flavor; season the first of September.
Pettingill Early. 1. Rural N. Y. 14:119. 1863.
Said to have originated in Missouri from seed brought from New Hampshire and planted in 1852. A bright, attractive fruit.
Pfirsich-Nectarine. 1. Lauche Deut. Pom. VI:No. 16, Pl. 16. 1882.
This variety was raised from a nectarine seed about 1860 by Thomas Rivers, Sawbridgeworth, England. Fruit large, roundish, slightly compressed; skin practically smooth on the sides but with fine pubescence at the base and apex, yellowish-white, with a dark red blush; flesh white, red at the pit, firm, juicy; quality good; season the middle of September.
Pfirsiche mit Nicht Ablöslichem Stein. 1. Deut. Obstcabinet 7:Pl. 35. 1858.