Sanguine made its appearance in France early in the Seventeenth Century, being first described by Claude Sainte-Etienne. The Chartreux Monks, about 1704, gave this variety the name Cardinal de Furstemberg. Unfortunately this name was also given to Cardinale causing much confusion. Sanguine differs from the Sanguinole in ripening earlier and in having smaller flowers. Glands reniform; flowers of medium size, intensely rose-colored; fruit large, roundish-oblate, faintly sutured; skin orange-yellow, nearly entirely overlaid with deep carmine; flesh firm, fibrous, flesh-colored, with deeper streaks of red, juicy, rather acid; stone plump, ovoid, free; ripens early in September or the last of August.
Sanguine de Jouy. 1. Mas Le Verger 7:95, 96, fig. 46. 1866-73.
Pêche de Vigne. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 6:299. 1879.
This is an old seedling found in a vineyard at Jouy-aux-Orches near Metz, France. Leaves devoid of glands; flowers small; fruit medium in size, ovoid, faintly mamelon at the apex; flesh marbled with red, melting, sugary; quality good; stone free, small; ripens from the middle to the end of September.
Sanguine de Manosque. 1. Carrière Var. Pêchers 65, 66. 1867.
Sanguine de Manosque drew its name from the locality of the same name in Basses-Alpes, France, where Carrière believed it to have originated. He described it as having large flowers; glands globose; fruit large, roundish-oblong; skin streaked with violet; flesh red, melting, juicy; stone large, russet, obovate, free; ripens in August.
Sanguinole. 1. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:43. 1768. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 6:275, 276 fig., 277. 1879.
Bloody Monsieur. 3. Rea Flora 211. 1676.
Bloody. 4. Langley Pomona 107, Pl. 72 fig. 6. 1729.
Scarlet. 5. Coxe Cult. Fr. Trees 230. 1817.
French Blood. 6. Prince Pom. Man. 1:198, 199. 1831.
Gemeiner Blutpfirsich. 7. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 3:193. 1858.
Sanguinolente. 8. Noisette Man. Comp. Jard. 2:477. 1860.
Gewöhnliche Blutpfirsich. 9. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 397. 1889.
This beet-red peach is very similar to Sanguine. It is needless to say that the two have been much confused. It was first described as Pêche Beterave by Friar Triquel in 1659. Glands small, reniform; flowers large; fruit roundish, more or less elongated; skin thick, adhering to the pulp; flesh dark red, rather dry, bitter, not very agreeable; stone free, small, ovoid; ripens early in October.
Sanguinole Melting. 1. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 104. 1831.
Glands reniform; flowers large; fruit large; flesh melting, of second quality; matures the last of September.
Sanguinole Pitmaston. 1. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 104. 1831.