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skin thick, tough, heavily pubescent, creamy- white, marbled and splashed with crimson; 

 flesh white, stained with red near the skin, firm, meaty, juicy, subacid; quality good to 

 very good; stone adherent, oval; ripens with Alexander. 

 Early White, i. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 85. 1854. 



A large, fine-flavored freestone originating with Dr. H. A. Muhlenberg, Lancaster 

 County, Pennsylvania. 



Early White Cling, i. Prince Cat. Fr. Trees 24. 1823. 2. Prince Pom. Man. 2:35. 

 1832. 



Fruit medium to small; skin pale yellow, marbled with red; flesh yellowish-green, 

 juicy, pleasant; ripens early in September. 

 Eastbum Choice, i. HofEy Orch. Comp. i:Pl. 1841. 



The name is in honor of the originator. Rev. Joseph Eastbum, Philadelphia, Penn- 

 sylvania, who planted a pit about 1825. The variety comes true from seed. Tree hardy, 

 vigorous, productive; fruit large, nearly round; skin pale yellow, blushed on the sunny 

 side; flesh yellowish-white, tinged about the pit, sprightly, slightly acid, juicy; pit small; 

 ripens late in September. 

 Eaton. I. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 44. 1891. 



Eaton Golden. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 205. 1858. 3. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 611. 

 1869. 4. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 18. 1871. 



Eaton originated in North Carolina and its planting is confined chiefly to the South. 

 In 187 1 it was placed on the fruit-list of the American Pomological Society as Eaton 

 Golden but in 1891 was changed to Eaton. Glands reniform; flowers large; fruit above 

 medium in size, round; suture shallow; skin golden-yellow, with occasional pink spots 

 near the base; flesh golden, sweet, juicy, with a marked apricot flavor; clingstone; ripens 

 the middle of September. 

 Edgar Late Melting, i. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 96. 1831. 



Listed in this reference. 

 Edith. I. Fla. Sta. Rpt. 8:89. 1896. 2. Griffing Bros. Cat. 12. 1900. 



Edith is a large, round, white-fleshed clingstone; ripens in Florida July 2sth. 

 Edouard Andre, i. Rev. Hort. 87, 208, 209, PI. 1895. 



A French variety originating in the Department of Ain, France. Tree vigorous, 

 productive; fruit roundish, compressed; cavity deep and narrow; distinctly sutured; skin 

 deep reddish-purple on a yellow ground ; flesh cream-colored, red at the pit, melting, juicy ; 

 stone plump, oval; ripens the middle of August. 

 Eduard Lucas, i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 394. 1889. 



Listed in this reference. 

 Edward Late White, i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 614. 1857. 



Raised by a Dr. Baldwin, Montgomery, Alabama. Fruit large, roundish, depressed 

 at the apex; suture distinct; skin white, blushed with red; flesh white, stained at the pit, 

 sweet, juicy; stone slightly adherent; ripens the first of October and continues aU the 

 month. 

 Eladie. i. Ga. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 21. 1877. 



A seedling of Chinese Cling; fruit of large size and excellent quality. 

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