An English variety, ripening a week before Barrington; glands reniform.
Royale. 1. Rea Flora 212. 1676. 2. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:35, 36, Pl. 24. 1768. 3. Leroy Dict Pom. 6:267 fig., 268. 1879.
Late Admirable. 4. Langley Pomona 106, Pl. 32, fig. 5. 1729. 5. Lindley Guide Orch. Gard. 260, 261. 1831. 6. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 28. 1873.
Könglecher Lackpfirsich. 7. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 3:209. 1858.
Royale is an old French sort which originated about 1644 near Port-Royal-des-Champs, France. It resembles Admirable of which it is a seedling and has been confused more or less with Belle de Vitry, Bourdine and Teton de Venus, all of which are listed separately in this text. In 1873 there appeared a Late Admirable in the fruit-list of the American Pomological Society which is identical with Royale. Leaves crenate, with globose glands; flowers small, pale red; fruit large, roundish, inclining to oval; suture deep; apex with a small, pointed nipple; skin pale greenish-yellow, marbled and streaked with dark red; flesh whitish, stained at the pit, melting, juicy; freestone; ripens at the end of September.
Royale de Barsac. 1. Baltet Cult. Fr. 237. 1908.
Listed in this reference.
Rüdiger Starhemberg. 1. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 3:205. 1858.
A seedling of Karl Schwarzenberg which it closely resembles; ripens at the end of September.
Ruding Late. 1. Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 460. 1883.
Glands reniform; flowers small; fruit large, roundish-conic; skin white, with a red blush; freestone; quality good; season the middle of September.
Rumbullion. 1. Brookshaw Pom. Brit. 1:Pl. 27 fig. 2. 1817. 2. Brookshaw Hort. Reposit. 2:99, Pl. 53. 1823.
Rumbolion. 3. Langley Pomona 106. 1729.