Fruit Varieties and Horticultural Digest (J Fruit Var & Hort Digest)
Volume 15 Number 4 Article 9 Pages: 68-68
Year 1961 Month 6
Title: An Early French Peach Variety of Merit
Author: APS Citation
Abstract:
Madeleine Pouyet, a relatively new
French peach which ripens some ten
days before Mayflower, is pro.bably the
earliest to be harvested in France.
Thought to be a mutation by Mayflower,
it was discovered by Aime
Pouyet in the orchards of Roger Ardin,
at Chatillon-Saint- Jean (Drome),
and introduced and patented in 1952.
According to the French horticulturist
Henri LaGaude, the fruit of
Madeleine Pouyet average 2.6 to 2.9
ounces and 2.2 inches in diameter.
Dark red color covers about onequarter
of the skin area.
Flavor is superior
to that of Mayflower.
Shows low incidence of split pits.
Requires heavy thinning, but does not undergo as heavy a June drop as does Mayflower.
Trees of Madeleine Pouyet are available from the Val d'Or Nursery, Drome, France.
