Fruit
A division of the Camden Park catalogues that is not clearly defined. All plants producing edible fruits are included but most are trees. Fruit will be progressively added to the Hortus.
Prunus persica ‘Red Roman’
A Prunus persica (L.) Batsch. cultivar. ‘Flowers large. Fruit of the largest size, frequently measuring eight inches and a quarter in circumference, somewhat globular, and a little flattened at its apex. Skin greenish yellow next the wall, but where exposed to the sun of a deep muddy red or purple colour, somewhat scabrous, with brown russetty specks. Flesh firm, greenish yellow, but very red at the stone, to which it firmly adheres. Juice plentiful, sugary, of a very high and vinous flavour. Ripe the beginning and middle of September.’ [George Lindley – Orchard Guide p.296/1831].
Prunus persica ‘Royal George’
A Prunus persica (L.) Batsch. cultivar. ‘Flowers small. Fruit above the middle size, nearly globular. Suture deep, especially at the apex, where it extends almost two thirds across. Skin of a yellowish white next the wall, sprinkled with numerous red dots; but of a deep red, and slightly marbled with a deeper colour on the side next the sun. Flesh melting, yellowish white, but very red at the stone, from which it separates. Juice plentiful, rich, and high-flavoured. Stone ovate, slightly furrowed. Ripe about the middle of September.’ [George Lindley – Orchard Guide p.270/1831].
Prunus persica ‘Royal Kensington’
A Prunus persica (L.) Batsch. cultivar. For more detailed information on this peach see Prunus persica (L.) Batsch. var. ‘Grosse Mignonne’, ‘Royal Kensington’ being a recognised synonym of this old peach.
Prunus persica ‘Royal’
A Prunus persica (L.) Batsch. cultivar. ‘Flowers small, pale red. Fruit large, 10 or 11 inches in circumference, of a roundish figure, rather inclining to oval. Suture deep, having the flesh swelled boldly and equally on both sides, with a slight depression on the summit, where there is usually a small, pointed nipple. Skin pale green or yellowish next the wall; but of a pale red, marbled and streaked with darker shades on the sunny side, cavity of the base rather small, flesh delicate, melting, of a greenish white, but red at the stone, from which it separates. Juice plentiful, and, in a warm season, highly flavoured. Ripe the end of September.’ [George Lindley – Orchard Guide p.260/1831].
Prunus persica ‘Shanghai’
A Prunus persica (L.) Batsch. cultivar. ‘Fruit very large, roundish. Skin pale yellowish-green on the shaded side, and light red next the sun. Flesh pale yellow, very deep red at the stone, to which some of the strings adhere; melting, juicy, and richly flavoured. Glands kidney-shaped. Flowers large. Ripens in the middle of September. The tree is an excellent bearer, and requires a very warm situation to ripen the fruit properly.’ [Hogg – Fruit Manual p.146/1860].
Prunus persica ‘Stanwick’
A Prunus persica (L.) Batsch. cultivar. ‘Fruit large, roundish oval. Skin pale lively green where shaded, and purplish-red where exposed to the sun. Flesh white, melting, rich, sugary and most delicious. Kernel sweet, like that of the sweet almond. Glands kidney-shaped. Flowers large. Ripe the middle and end of September. The fruit is very apt to crack, and requires to be grown under glass. Hitherto it has generally failed to ripen thoroughly against walls in the open air, except in one or two instances, with which I am acquainted, where grown in a light sandy soil and a good exposure, it then ripened thoroughly without cracking.’ [Hogg – Fruit Manual p.129/1860].
Prunus persica ‘Walburton Admirable’
A Prunus persica (L.) Batsch. cultivar. ‘Fruit large and round. Skin pale yellowish-green on the shaded side, and crimson, mottled with a darker colour, next the sun. Flesh yellowish-white, melting, juicy, rich, and highly flavoured. Glands round. Flowers small. Ripens in the end of September and beginning of October. This is one of the best late peaches, and the tree is very hardy and a good bearer.’ [Hogg – Fruit Manual p.147/1860].
Prunus persica ‘White China’
A Prunus persica (L.) Batsch. cultivar. I have found no record of a peach of this name in the contemporary literature but it is very likely to be a seedling of ‘Shanghai’, which see.
Prunus persica (L.) Batsch.
Bushy, smooth-limbed, small tree or large shrub with lance-shaped leaves and solitary or paired rose-colored flowers, followed by edible round or oval fruits. To 8m. [RHSD, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Pseudocydonia sinensis (Dum.-Cours.) Schneid.
Frost-hardy, spreading shrub or small tree, occasionally semi-evergreen, with peeling grey and white bark, oval, finely-toothed leaves, to 10cm long, and solitary, cup-shaped pink flowers in spring, followed by egg-shaped yellow fruits, to 15cm long. To 6m. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Psidium cattleyanum Wienw.
Shrub with smooth, leathery, obovate leaves, to 8cm long, white flowers and deep red, round fruits, to 3cm long, with pale purple to white flesh, sweet, juicy, tasting somewhat of strawberries. To 6m. [RHSD, Hortus].
Psidium cattleyanum Wienw. var. lucidum
For a description of the species see Psidium cattleyanum Wienw. The variety lucidum has whitish-yellow fruit rather than reddish-purple, and yellow flesh. [RHSD]. The fruits are often a little larger.
Psidium guajava L.
A very variable, tender, low tree with oval, elliptic leaves, hairy beneath, and white flowers followed by green to yellow, globose, edible fruit, to 20cm long, with white, yellow or pink flesh and a musky scent and flavour. [RHSD, Hortus].
Punica granatum L.
Frost hardy, upright, sometimes spiny, shrub or small tree with opposite, narrowly-oblong leaves, to 8cm long, and clusters of up to 5 funnel-shaped, bright orange-red flowers in summer, followed by spherical yellow-brown, edible fruit, to 12cm across. To 6m. It will form a dense hedge under appropriate conditions. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Pyrus communis ‘Achan’
‘Fruit medium sized, obovate, flattened towards the eye. Skin varying from pale greenish-yellow, to dark greenish-green, and covered on one side with dull brownish-red. Eye open, set in a slightly depressed basin. Stalk about an inch long. Flesh tender, rich, melting, sugary, and highly perfumed. Ripe in November.’ [Hogg – Fruit Manual p.150/1860].
