Early Curtis. 1. Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 186. 1880.
A seedling with reniform glands; very similar to Alexander but less inclined to adhere to the pit.
Early Downton. 1. Lindley Guide Orch. Gard. 247. 1831.
Raised by Thomas Knight, Downton Castle, England, about 1815. Leaves crenate, with globose glands; flowers large, pale rose-colored; fruit narrowed at the apex, usually terminating in an acute nipple; skin pale yellowish-white, bright red in the sun; flesh yellowish-white to the stone from which it separates, juicy; ripens at the end of August.
Early Free. 1. N. Y. Sta. Rpt. 15:289. 1897.
Growing on the grounds of this Station in 1896.
Early Imperial. 1. Cal. Bd. Hort. Rpt. 241. 1890.
W. W. Smith, Vacaville, California, grew Early Imperial from a pit of St. John open to cross-fertilization. It is highly recommended in California because of extreme earliness and its good drying qualities; flesh yellow; freestone.
Early Leopold. 1. Jour. Hort. N. S. 17:58. 1869. 2. Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 34. 1874. 3. Thomas Guide Prat. 53. 1876.
Raised by Thomas Rivers, Sawbridgeworth, England, from a seed of Early York. Glands reniform; flowers small; fruit of medium size, pale yellow, rich; succeeds Rivers.