Fruit of medium size, roundish, inclining to ovate; skin creamy-white; flesh free, white, juicy, tender, sprightly; quality fair; season early October.
Roseville. 1. Mich. Sta. Bul. 169:225. 1899.
Roseville Cling. 2. Wickson Cal. Fruits 315. 1889.
Originated in Placer County, California. Fruit large, roundish-oval; color creamy-white; flesh adherent, creamy-white, red at the pit, juicy, firm, vinous, rich; quality good; season the last of September.
Rossanna. 1. Miller Gard. Dict. 1752. 2. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:11, Pl. VI. 1768. 3. Forsyth Treat. Fr. Trees 29. 1803. 4. Lindley Guide Orch. Gard. 269. 1831.
Rozanna. 5. Langley Pomona 101, Pl. XXVII fig. 111. 1729.
Roussaine. 6. Knoop Fructologie 2:88. 1771.
Alberge-Aprikosenpfirsich. 7. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 3:217, 218. 1858.
Rossanna, though called Alberge by several writers, is a distinct variety. Tree a medium grower, very productive; flowers small, pale, dull red; leaves crenate; glands reniform; fruit of medium size, roundish, slightly larger and more flattened than Alberge; suture prominent; apex terminating in a short nipple; skin yellow, almost entirely overlaid with deep purple; flesh deep yellow, red at the pit, firm, often mealy, sweet, vinous; stone small, free; ripens the middle of September.
Round Transparent. 1. Prince Pom. Man. 1:188. 1832.
This peach is distinct from Grosse Mignonne although very similar in most characters. The chief differences between the two are that this sort has reniform glands and smaller fruit. The variety was introduced to America from France about 1825 by William Robert Prince, Flushing, New York.
Roussane Berthelane. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 6:265, 266 fig. 1879.
Fruit large, roundish-oval, with a pronounced suture; skin clear greenish-yellow, with a dark red blush; flesh white, very juicy, tender, sweet, with a pleasant flavor; stone free; season the middle of September.
Roussanne Nouvelle. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 12:180. 1883.