Said to be a fine, early peach.
White Nectarine. 1. Del. Sta. Rpt. 13:111. 1901.
This is an old English variety belonging to the Chinese Cling group of peaches. Fruit nearly large, roundish; color greenish-white, washed and striped with crimson; flesh white, tinged with red at the pit, juicy, melting, with a mild subacid, vinous flavor; pit free; season late.
White Nutmeg. 1. Langley Pomona 100, Pl. 27 fig. 1. 1729. 2. Miller Gard. Dict. 1752.
Avant-pêche blanche. 3. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:5, 6, Pl. II. 1768. 4. Leroy Dict. Pom. 6:45, 46 fig., 47, 48. 1879.
Weisse Frühpfirsche. 5. Christ Handb. 598. 1817.
Kleiner weisser Frühpfirsche. 6. Liegel Anweisung 68. 1822. 7. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde. 3:196. 1858. 8. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 402. 1889.
Frühe Montagne? 9. Liegel Anweisung 68. 1822.
Earliest White Nutmeg. 10. Prince Pom. Man. 1:173. 1831.
This is an old French sort spoken of in 1589. Leaves small, doubly serrate, without glands; flowers large, pale; fruit very small, oval, distinctly sutured; apex with an acute nipple; skin white, with a pale tinge; flesh white to the stone, juicy, musky; freestone; quality fair; stone small, oval; ripens the middle of July.
White Pace. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 637. 1869.
This is a Southern variety, having Persian blood but with a comparatively white skin. Flesh yellowish, juicy, sweet, free; season August.
White Winter. 1. Prince Treat. Fr. Trees 17. 1820. 2. Prince Pom. Man. 2:32. 1832.
This is an oval-shaped peach with white skin and flesh which ripens in October and is chiefly valued for preserves.
Whitehead Red Heath. 1. Kenrick Am. Orch. 197. 1841.