348 THE PEACHES OF NEW YORK 



Dwarf Champion, i. N. Mex. Sta. Bui. 30:224, 225. iSgo. 



Listed as growing in New Mexico. 

 Dwarf Cuba. i. Mich. Sta. Bui. 118:29. iSoS 2. [bid. 129:23. 1896. 



A variety with small flowers and reniform glands. 

 Dwarf Orieans. i. Prince Treat. Hori. 17. 1828. 



Xain. 2. Duhamel Trait. .\rb. Fr. 2:44, 45, PI. 32. 1768. 3. Leroy Diet. Pom. 

 6:175 fig., 176. 1879. 



Zwergpfirsich. 4. Dochnahl Fzi/zr. 06si^M>Kif 3: 199. 1858. 



Italian Dwarf. 5. Am. Jour. Hort. 1:287, 288. 1867. 



Dwarf Orleans originated in Orleans, Loiret, France, early in the Eighteenth Century. 

 The tree attains a height of two or three feet and is used mostly as an ornamental ; leaves 

 long, pendent, glandless and much indented; flowers large, showy; fmit about two inches 

 long, roundish, deeply sutured; skin white; flesh white, melting, with bitter juice; freestone; 

 ripens early in October. 

 Dyer June. i. Gard. Mon. 24: iS. 1882. 



A cliance seedling found near Ava, Missouri. Fruit large; early; clingstone. 

 Dymond. i. Jour. Hort. 3rd Scr. 3:331. 18R1. 2. \iogg Fruit Man. 442. 1884. 



Said to have been introduced by a Mr, Veitch, Exeter, England. Leaves glandless; 

 fruit large, roundish, with a deep sutiu^e; skin greenish-yellow, with a dull red cheek, 

 mottled with brighter red; flesh white, .slightly red at the pit, juicy, melting, with a 

 high flavor; stone free; season the middle of September. 

 Eagle Red. i. Kenrick ,4m. Ort/;. 199. 1841. 



Listed as a large, beautiful fruit, with a red blush, ripening in September. 

 Earliest Mignonne. i. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 99. 1831. 



A variety with globose glands and small flowers. 

 Early, i. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 96. 1831. 



A variety with globose glands and large flowers. 

 Early Alfred, i. (Jard. Mom. 7:372. 1865. 2. Yiogg Fruit Man. 2ig. 1866. 



Thomas Rivers, Sawbridgeworth, England, grew Early Alfred from a seed of Hunt 

 Tawny nectarine. Glands round; flowers large; fruit large; sutiire deeply marked, higher 

 on one side than the other; skin tender, pale straw-colored, somewhat mottled with bright 

 crimson; flesh white, melting, brisk, vinous; ripens early in August. 

 Early Ascot, i. Gard. Chron. 1474, 1506. 1870. 2. Flor. & Pom. i, PI. 1873. 



Early Ascot was raised from a seed of Elruge nectarine by a Mr. Standish of Ascot, 

 England. Tree hardy, productive; glands small, roundish; flowers small; fruit mediiun in 

 size, roundish, somewhat depressed, with a distinct suture; skin nearly smooth, almost 

 entirely covered with red, becoming nearly black where exposed; flesh yellow, tinged at 

 the stone, very juicy; partially freestone; ripens the second week in August. 

 Early Avant. i. Forsyth Treat. Fr. Trees 27. 1803. 



An agreeable-flavored peach ripening in August. 

 Early Beauty, i. Mich. Hort. Soc~. Rpt. 314. 1889. 



This is a Texas variety. Fruit large, yellow; freestone; ripens very early. 

 Early Bourdine. i. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 94. 183 1. 



Listed as having serrate, glandless leaves and small flowers. 



