Brown's Early.—Yellow, with red cheek. A very productive, great grower.
Newhall's Early.—Bright-orange color, with deep-red cheek. A good cling-stone variety, every way worthy of cultivation.
Moorpark.—Yellow, with ruddy cheek. An enormous bearer, though of slow growth. It is a freestone variety of English origin, and needing a little protection in our colder latitudes.
Dubois' Early Golden.—Color, pale-orange. Very hardy and productive. In 1846, the original tree at Fishkill, N. Y., bore ninety dollars' worth of fruit.
Large Early.—Orange, but red in the sun. An excellent, early, productive variety.
Hemskirke.—Bright-orange, with red cheek. An English variety, vigorous tree, and good bearer.
Peach.—Yellow, with deep-brown on the sun-side. An excellent French variety.
Breda.—Deep-orange, with blush spots in the sun. A vigorous, productive, African variety.
Roman.—Pale-yellow, with occasionally red dots. Good for northern latitudes.
From these, planters may select those that best suit their localities and fancy. They are a little liable to be frost-bitten in the blossoms, as they bloom very early. Otherwise they are always very productive. They are ornamental, both in the leaf and in the blossom. Eaten plain, before thoroughly ripe, they are not healthy; otherwise, harmless and delicious. Every garden should have half a dozen.