Early Red Cling. 1. Prince Cat. Fr. Trees 24. 1823. 2. Prince Pom. Man. 2:27. 1832.
Earliest Red Cling. 3. Prince Treat. Fr. Trees 16. 1820.
This variety is thought to have been brought to Flushing, New York, by the French. The shoots are subject to mildew; flowers small.
Early Rose I. 1. Kenrick Am. Orch. 183. 1841.
Of foreign origin. Fruit of medium size; red where exposed; ripens in August.
Early Rose II. 1. Gard. Mon. 22:338. 1880.
This Early Rose is one of the so-called Spanish peaches and was found on the farm of Preston Rose, Mission Valley, Texas. It is described as a medium-sized, round, rosy-red fruit, with firm flesh, ripening June 25th; freestone.
Early Rose III. 1. W. P. Stark Cat. 49, 50 fig. 1915.
Early Rose III, according to W. P. Stark, Stark City, Missouri, was grown by John Keller, Fort Valley, Georgia, from the pit of a Honey-flavored peach crossed with one of the Indian peaches. Tree a moderate grower, rather small; flowers large; fruit of medium size, a rich, deep red; flesh white, rich, sweet; clingstone; ripens with Eureka. The fruit is handsomely colored and is said to sell for a fancy price wherever known. Unfortunately, it seems not yet to have been tried in the North.
Early Royal George. 1. Kenrick Am. Orch. 220. 1832. 2. Mag. Hort. 14:538. 1848.
Early George. 3. Tex. Sta. Bul. 39:811. 1896.
This variety may be an American seedling of Royal George. Fruit large, roundish; skin yellowish-white, splashed with red in the sun; flesh juicy, tender, vinous, free; fair to good in quality; ripens in August.