Eagle Red. 1. Kenrick Am. Orch. 199. 1841.
Listed as a large, beautiful fruit, with a red blush, ripening in September.
Earliest Mignonne. 1. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 99. 1831.
A variety with globose glands and small flowers.
Early. 1. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 96. 1831.
A variety with globose glands and large flowers.
Early Alfred. 1. Gard. Mon. 7:372. 1865. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 219. 1866.
Thomas Rivers, Sawbridgeworth, England, grew Early Alfred from a seed of Hunt Tawny nectarine. Glands round; flowers large; fruit large; suture 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. 1. Gard. Chron. 1474, 1506. 1870. 2. Flor. & Pom. 1, Pl. 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 medium 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.