Thomas Rivers, Sawbridgeworth, England, raised this peach from a seed of Pitmaston Orange nectarine. It fruited first in America with James H. Ricketts, Newburgh, New York, in 1869. The variety held a place in the American Pomological Society's fruit-list from 1877 to 1891. Tree vigorous, bearing leaves with reniform glands; fruit of medium size, roundish, slightly flattened, with one side enlarged; suture distinct, extending beyond the apex; skin creamy-white, shaded and mottled with red in the sun; flesh white, stained red at the stone from which it freely separates, juicy, tender, melting, sweet, with a rich, vinous flavor; ripens early in September.
Princess Paragon. 1. Horticulturist N. S. 7:177. 1857.
Fruit large, oval, with one side larger than the other; skin yellowish-white, dotted and nearly overspread with red; flesh white, melting, juicy; quality good; freestone; ripens the middle of August.
Princess of Wales. 1. Hogg Fruit Man. 229. 1866. 2. Am. Hort. Ann. 80. 1870. 3. Jour. Hort. N. S. 24:471. 1873. 4. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 30. 1877.
Princesse de Galles. 5. Leroy Dict. Pom. 6:248 fig., 249. 1879.
Prinzessin von Wales. 6. Lauche Deut. Pom. VI:No. 17, Pl. 1882.
Princess. 7. Mich. Sta. Bul. 169:223. 1899.
This peach is another seedling raised by Thomas Rivers, Sawbridgeworth, England, about 1863, from a seed of Pavie de Pompone. It first fruited in America some six years later with James H. Ricketts, Newburgh, New York. The American Pomological Society listed the variety in its fruit-catalog from 1877 until 1897. Tree vigorous, with leaves having globose glands; fruit large, round, narrowing towards the apex which is terminated by a nipple; suture indistinct; skin creamy-white, shaded with a red cheek; flesh free, white, red at the stone, juicy, melting, sweet, good; ripens the last of September.
Princesse Marie. 1. Hogg Fruit Man. 228, 229. 1866. 2. Le Bon Jard. 328, 329. 1882.
Prinzessin Marie von Württemberg. 3. Koch Deut. Obst. 540. 1876.
Tree vigorous, with glandless leaves; fruit of medium size, roundish; skin yellowish-white, dotted with pale red and shaded with dark red; flesh yellowish-white, rayed with red at the pit, melting, juicy, with a rich, vinous flavor; stone free; season the middle of September.
Prize. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 34. 1899. 2. Mich. Sta. Bul. 169:223. 1899. 3. Budd-Hansen Am. Hort. Man. 2:354. 1903.
Fruit large, roundish, with a slight suture; skin yellow, more or less blushed with thin red; flesh free, yellow, red at the pit, juicy, very tender, with a vinous, sprightly flavor; ripens from the middle to the last of September.
Probst Friedrich Pfirsich. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 12:186. 1883.