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tenninating in an acute nipple; skin pale yellowish-white, bright red in the sun; flesh 

 yellowish-white to the stone from which it separates, juicy; ripens at the end of August. 

 Early Free. i. N. Y. Sta. Rpt. 15:289. 1897. 



Growing on the grounds of this Station in 1896. 

 Early Imperial, i. Cal. Bd. Hort. Rpt. 241. 1890. 



W. W. Smith, Vacaville, California, grew Early Imperial from a pit of St. John open to 

 cross-fertilization. It is highly recommended in California because of extreme earliness and 

 its good drying qualities; flesh yellow; freestone. 



Early Leopold, i. Jour. Hort. N. S. 17:58. 1869. 2. Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 34. 1874. 

 3. T\\oma.s Guide Prat. 53. 1876. 



Raised by Thomas Rivers, Sawbridgeworth, England, from a seed of Early York. 

 Glands reniform; flowers small; fruit of medium size, pale yellow, rich; succeeds Rivers. 

 Early Louise, i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 609. 1869. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 28. 1875. 

 3. Hogg Fruit Man. 444. 1884. 4. Cat. Cong. Pom. France 526. 1906. 



Louise. 5. Budd-Hansen Am. Hort. Man. 2:350. 1903. 



Thomas Rivers, Sawbridgeworth, England, raised this peach from a seed of Early 

 Albert and named it in honor of Queen Victoria's daughter. Princess Louise. From 1875 

 imtil 1883 the variety maintained a place in the fruit-list of the American Pomological 

 Society. Fruit of mediimi size, round, marked on one side with a deep suture; skin highly 

 colored, with a bright red cheek; flesh yellowish-white, tender, richly flavored, partly 

 adlierent to the pit; season early. 

 Early Lydia. i. W. N. Y. Hort. Soc. Rpt. iii. 1S80. 



Early Lydia is said to be resistant to rot; a rose-colored freestone ripening with Hale 

 Early. 



Early Michigan, i. Mich. Sta. Bid. 118:29. 1895. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 36. 1909. 

 3. Mich. Sta. Sp. Bid. 44:38, 39. 1910. 



Confusion has arisen over two seedlings put out by J. D. Husted, Lowell, Michigan, 

 as Husted No. 15 and 16. Eventually, No. 15 was introduced as Early Michigan but 

 because of its similarity to No. 16, the latter is often substituted for it. The true Early 

 Michigan is a cross between Hale Early and Chili. As it fruits at this Station, the peaches 

 lack size and quality. In 1909 the American Pomological Society added it to its fruit- 

 list. Tree vigorous, spreading; glands reniform; flowers appear early, large, showy; fruit 

 of medium size, roundish-oval; cavity deep, narrow; apex with a large, mucronate tip; 

 skin thin, tender, with long, thick pubescence, creamy, blushed with dull red, with a few 

 deep red splashes; flesh greenish-white, tinged at the pit, juicy, stringy, melting, sweet, 

 mild; stone free, broadly oval, plump; ripens the last of August. 

 Early Miners, i. N. J. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 40. 1878. 



Not spoken of favorably in New Jersey. 

 Early Newington Free. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 476. 1845. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. 

 Cat. 78. 1S62. 



This freestone should not be confused with the other Newingtons which are all clings 

 and usually later in season. One characteristic of this variety is that fruits on the same 

 tree are free or adhere partially or wholly to the stone. Tree a moderate bearer; glands 



