Early Purple. 1. Miller Gard. Dict. 1752. 2. Prince Pom. Man. 1:189, 190. 1831. 3. Kenrick Am. Orch. 211. 1832.
Véritable Pourprée hâtive à grande fleur. 4. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:16, 17, Pl. VIII. 1768.
Frühe Purpurfirsche. 5. Christ Handb. 593, 594. 1817.
Pourprée Hâtive. 6. Poiteau Pom. Franc. 1:No. 16, Pl. 1846. 7. Leroy Dict. Pom. 6:241 fig., 242, 243. 1879.
Weiniger Lieblingspfirsich. 8. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 3:203. 1858.
Desse Hâtive. 9. Mas Le Verger 7:201, 202, fig. 99. 1866-73.
This variety originated far back in the Eighteenth Century. According to Mas, it was raised by a M. Desse, Chantecoq, Seine, France, and passed for a long time under the name Desse Hâtive. Early Purple long found favor in European orchards but is not much grown now, being surpassed by better sorts. It was brought to America by William Prince, Flushing, New York, early in the Nineteenth Century and soon became confused with Early York. The true variety, however, quickly passed from cultivation and the name has ever since been confused with that of Early York. Fruit medium to large, roundish, flattened at the base; suture deep; color yellowish, blushed with dark red and dotted with red on the shaded side; pubescence thick, fine; flesh white, stained red under the skin on the side exposed to the sun, tinged with red next the pit, juicy, vinous, highly flavored, melting; very good in quality; stone semi-free to free, brownish-red; ripens early.
Early Rareripe I. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 85. 1854.
Dr. H. A. Muhlenberg, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, originated this freestone.
Early Rareripe II. 1. Kan. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 50. 1901.
Early Rareripe is an improvement on a seedling erroneously called Felt Rareripe, which was brought to Kansas from Illinois by F. G. Barker of Salina. Fruit large, deep yellow.
Early Red I. 1. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 96. 1831.
Leaves with globose glands; flowers large; fruit of medium size; skin pale yellow, with a red blush; flesh melting; fair in quality; ripens at the end of August.
Early Red II. 1. Mich. Sta. Bul. 152:199. 1898.
This Early Red originated with C. C. Engle of Paw Paw, Michigan.