Southwick is an accidental seedling found on the grounds of T. T. Southwick, Dansville, New York. Fruit large, roundish, with a distinct suture; skin yellowish-white, dotted and streaked with red; flesh white, separating freely from the stone, very juicy, melting, with a fine, delicate flavor; season the last of September.
Souvenir de Gérard Galopin. 1. Guide Prat. 42. 1895.
Tree vigorous, productive; glands globose; fruit very large, with a purplish-black color; flesh juicy, good, yellow, red at the pit which is free; ripens the first of September.
Souvenir de Java. 1. Mag. Hort. 20:271. 1854. 2. Mas Le Verger 7:149, 150, fig. 73. 1866-73.
Andenken an Java. 3. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 387. 1889.
This variety was raised in the vicinity of Liége, Belgium, about 1849 by Madam Brahy. It was so called by a M. Papeleu because of courtesies shown him while in Java by Madam Brahy's father. Branches slender; leaves with reniform glands; flowers small, rose-colored; fruit above medium in size, globular, slightly depressed at the ends; cavity deep; skin thin, separating from the flesh, whitish-yellow, purple where exposed; flesh yellow, crimson at the pit, melting, vinous; stone small, oval, slightly obovate, free; ripens the last of August.
Souvenir de Jean-Denis Couturier. 1. Rev. Hort. 108, 109. 1891.
This peach was grown about 1856 by Jean-Denis Couturier at Montreuil, Seine, France. Fruit large, roundish; skin yellowish-white, with a fine red blush; flesh white, red at the pit from which it separates, juicy, sweet, with a pleasant, aromatic flavor; ripens the last of August.
Souvenir de Jean Rey. 1. Carrière Var. Pêchers 63. 1867.
Andenken an Jean Rey. 2. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 387. 1889.
This is a variety raised by Jean Rey, a nurseryman, Toulouse, France. Leroy combines this variety with Schöne Toulouserin. Tree vigorous; leaves with reniform glands; flowers small, rose-colored; fruit medium, globular; suture shallow; skin strongly pubescent, pale yellow, deep red where exposed; flesh yellow, melting, juicy, aromatic; stone russet, obtuse, free; ripens early in September.
Spanish. 1. Prince Pom. Man. 2:32. 1832. 2. Kenrick Am. Orch. 183. 1835.
Spanish Clingstone. 3. Prince Treat. Fr. Trees 17. 1820.