This is an attractive, Italian peach of excellent quality.
Vainqueur. 1. Baltet Cult. Fr. 238. 1908. 2. U. S. D. A. Plant Immigrants 117:958. 1916.
This is an early variety of the type of Alexander, valuable chiefly for breeding.
Valdy. 1. Thomas Guide Prat. 53. 1876. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 6:295 fig., 296. 1879.
Valdy was originated more than fifty years ago by a M. Valdy, Croix-Blanche, Lot-et-Garonne, France. Fruit large, roundish; skin yellow, washed with a dark carmine blush; flesh yellow, red at the center, juicy, sweet, with a pleasant, aromatic flavor; pit free; ripens the middle of August.
Van Buren Golden Dwarf. 1. Gard. Mon. 3:53. 1861. 2. Cult. & Count. Gent. 28:238. 1866. 3. Am. Jour. Hort. 2:171, 172 fig. 1867.
This sort is supposed by the originator, J. Van Buren of Georgia, to be an accidental cross between Italian Dwarf and Van Zandt, originating about 1857. The tree resembles a currant bush; has numerous buds; its fruits attain average size but vary in shape. Fruit large, oblong, sometimes round, pointed at the apex; skin golden yellow, with a crimson cheek; flesh firm, juicy, sprightly; clingstone; ripens from the middle of September until October.
Van Deman. 1. Green Nur. Cat. 23 fig. 1916.
According to Green's Nursery Company, Rochester, New York, this peach originated near the summer home of the late Professor H. E. Van Deman, Beulah, Michigan. Fruit large, with a distinct suture; color clear yellow, with considerable red; flesh yellow, sweet, good; stone free; ripens early.
Van Deman Early. 1. W. N. Y. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 110, 111. 1880.