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Early Charlotte, i. R. G. Chase Cat. 20. i8g6. 2. Chico Nur. Cat. 25. 1904. 



A seedling of Early Crawford which originated about 1878 with O. Dickenson, Salem, 

 Oregon. The variety has considerable merit as it grows on the Station grounds. Leaves 

 with reniform glands; flowers appear in mid-season, small, faded, pale pink; fruit large, 

 roundish-oval, often cordate, halves unequal; cavity deep; apex with a recurved, mamelon 

 tip; skin covered with long, thick pubescence, thin but tough, pale yellow, splashed with 

 lively red on a slight blush; flesh yellow, deeply stained at the pit, slightly stringy, tender, 

 sprightly, rich, pleasing; quality good to above; pit broadly oval, plump, bulged, free; 

 matures early in September. 



Early Chelmsford, i. Cole Ant. Fr. Book 190. 1849. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 614. 

 1857- 



Tree vigorous, productive, hardy; leaves glandless; fruit large, roundish; suture 

 encircling the fruit; skin white, with a bright red cheek; flesh white, melting, juicy, vinous; 

 freestone; ripens the third week in August. 

 Early Chevalier, i. Card. Cliron. N. S. 20:47. 1883- 



A Frencli peach in which carU- and late fruits are produced on different branches of 

 the same tree. 

 Early China, i. Tex. Sta. Bui. ^g: 804, 805. 1896. 2. .Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 21. 1897. 



Early China is a Honey-flavored peach which originated in southern Texas where it 

 has proved vigorous and productive, gaining a place in 1897 on the fruit-list of the American 

 Pomological Society. The glands are round, often lacking; fruit of medium size, oval;, 

 apex with a sharply recurved point; color creamy, with a bright red cheek; flesh white, 

 pinkish at the pit, very sweet; quality fair; freestone; ripens the middle of June in 

 Texas. 



Early Crawford Seedlings Nos. i and 3. i. Mich. Sta. Bid. 118:29. 1895. 2. Ibid. 

 169:212. 1899. 



Seedlings obtained by C. C. Engle, Paw Paw, Michigan. 

 Early Cream, i. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 44. 1891. 2. Tex. Sta. Bui. 39:818. 1896. 

 3. Fla. Sta. Bui. 73:144- 1904- 



Kite. 4. Ibid. 73:14s. 1904. 



Kite Honey. 5.7^^.73:149. 1904. 

 Early Cream is a seedling of Honey. It appeared on the American Pomological 

 Society's fruit-list from 1891 until 1897. Tree strong, productive; fruit larger than Honey 

 and resembles it in shape but is not as shaqDly pointed at the apex; skin very smooth, 

 yeUow, washed with red; flesh fine, sweet, juicy; flavor excellent; ripens the middle of June. 

 Early Croneste3m. i. Can. Exp. Farm Bui. 2nd Ser. 3:64. 1900. 



Listed as a slow grower in Canada. 

 Early Curtis, i. Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 186. 1880. 



A seedling with reniform glands; very similar to Alexander but less inclined to adhere 

 to the pit. 

 Early Downton. 1. Lindlcy Guide Orch. Card. 247. 1831. 



Raised by Thomas Knight, Downton Castle, England, about 1815. Leaves crenate, 

 with globose glands; flowers large, pale rose-colored; fruit narrowed at the apex, usually 



