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Early Charlotte, i. R. G. Chase Cat. 20. 1896. 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 Am. Fr. Book 190. 1849. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 614. 



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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. Chron. N. S. 20:47. 1883. 



A French peach in which early and late fruits are produced on different branches of 

 the same tree. 

 Early China, i. Tex. Sta. Bui. 39:804, 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 Jtme in 

 Texas. 



Early Crawford Seedlings Nos. i and 3. i. Mich. Sta. Bui. 118:29. iSpS- 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. '73:148. 1904. 



Kite Honey. 5. Ibid. '73:149. 1904. 

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

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

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

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

 Early Cronesteyn. 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. i. Lindley Guide Orch. Card. 24-!. 183 1. 



Raised by Thomas Knight, Downton Castle, England, about 181 5. Leaves crenate, 

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



