This is a very juicy, clingstone peach, having a delicious, aromatic flavor and ripening early in September.
White Imperial. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 488, 489. 1845. 2. Elliott Fr. Book 279, 280. 1854. 3. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 80. 1862.
This old sort originated with David Thomas, Cayuga County, New York, and is believed to be a seedling of Noblesse. It was introduced by J. J. Thomas, a son of the originator, Macedon, New York. Growers and pomologists have confused White Imperial with the Imperial of southern origin. Tree hardy, vigorous; fruit large, roundish, broad, depressed at the apex; suture moderately deep; skin yellowish-white, tinged with light purplish-red in the sun; flesh nearly white, melting, juicy, of delicate texture, sweet; quality very good; freestone; ripens the last of August.
White July. 1. Del. Sta. Rpt. 5:100. 1892. 2. Ala. Bd. Agr. Rpt. 36:106. 1908.
This is a superior clingstone peach which ripens early in Alabama.
White June. 1. Green River Nur. Cat. 15. 1899.
According to the Green River Nurseries, Bowling Green, Kentucky, this variety originated with W. W. Ware, Hopkinsville, Kentucky. It is a white peach of good quality, ripening with Alexander.
White Magdalen. 1. Langley Pomona 101, Pl. 27 fig. 6. 1729. 2. Christ Handb. 598. 1817. 3. Lindley Guide Orch. Gard. 253. 1831.
Magdalen. 4. Rea Flora 210. 1676.
Madeleine Blanche. 5. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:11, 12, 13, Pl. VI. 1768. 6. Leroy Dict. Pom. 6:147, 148 fig., 149, 150. 1879.
Madeleine Blanche précoce. 7. Mas Pom. Gen. 12:186. 1883.
White Magdalen is an old French sort, having been mentioned as early as 1628 by Lectier. Leaves doubly serrate, glandless; flowers large, pale red; fruit below medium in size, somewhat globular, halves unequal; deeply sutured; skin yellowish-white, marbled with deep red; flesh melting, stained near the pit, juicy but not high in flavor; stone free, small, obtuse; ripens the middle of August.
White Monsieur. 1. Rea Flora 211. 1676.