Burgess Beauty. . Kenrick Am. Orch. 183. 1841.
A variety from Middletown, New Jersey. Earlier, better, and more productive than Early York.
Burke. 1. Gard. Mon. 27:79. 1886. 2. Del. Sta. Rpt. 13:92. 1901.
Burke is of southern origin having come from Avoyelles, Louisiana. The peaches ought to ship well as they are thick-skinned. On the Station grounds the fruit drops badly and lacks both color and quality. Tree vigorous, hardy, unproductive; glands reniform; flowers appear in mid-season, large; fruit large, oblong-oval, halves unequal, sides drawn up about the cavity, with a mucronate tip at the apex; skin thick, tough, covered with thick, coarse pubescence, creamy-yellow, with a slight blush of lively red; flesh white, stained at the pit, firm, juicy, tender, pleasing; quality fair; stone clinging, oval, pointed at the ends, plump on one side; ripens the first week in September.
Burlington Large Early. 1. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 95. 1831.
Listed in this reference.
Burnap. 1. Ramsey Cat. 3. 1912.
This variety is described by F. T. Ramsey and Son, Austin, Texas, as a productive, white clingstone found by S. L. Burnap, Austin, Texas.
Burns. 1. Gard. Mon. 20:273. 1878. 2. W. N. Y. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 51. 1879.
Burns is claimed by its originator, T. F. Burns, Mt. Pulaski, Illinois, to ripen a month earlier than Alexander.