Early Chevalier. 1. Gard. 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. 1. Tex. Sta. Bul. 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 June in Texas.
Early Crawford Seedlings Nos. 1 and 3. 1. Mich. Sta. Bul. 118:29. 1895. 2. Ibid. 169:212. 1899.
Seedlings obtained by C. C. Engle, Paw Paw, Michigan.
Early Cream. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 44. 1891. 2. Tex. Sta. Bul. 39:818. 1896. 3. Fla. Sta. Bul. 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 until 1897. Tree strong, productive; fruit 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. 1. Can. Exp. Farm Bul. 2nd Ser. 3:64. 1900.
Listed as a slow grower in Canada.