Early Victoria. 1. Gard. Chron. 946. 1861. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 12:143, 144, fig. 8. 1883.
Victoria. 3. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 39. 1909.
Early Victoria should not be confused with the Victoria of the South. This variety first fruited in 1854 with Thomas Rivers, Sawbridgeworth, England, from a stone of Early York. In 1909 the American Pomological Society added it to its fruit-list as Victoria. Leaves glandless; flowers large; fruit of medium size, roundish; skin pale yellow, with a maroon blush; flesh white, melting, juicy, sweet; stone free, small; season very early, a week before its parent.
Early Wheeler. 1. U. S. D. A. Yearbook 360, 361, Pl. 28. 1906.
This is one of a large number of Heath Cling seedlings grown by E. W. Kirkpatrick, McKinney, Texas, about 1900. Tree moderately productive; glands reniform; blossoms very large; fruit medium to large, roundish-oblong; cavity large, broad; apex protruding; skin thick, tough, heavily pubescent, creamy-white, marbled and splashed with crimson; flesh white, stained with red near the skin, firm, meaty, juicy, subacid; quality good to very good; stone adherent, oval; ripens with Alexander.
Early White. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 85. 1854.
A large, fine-flavored freestone originating with Dr. H. A. Muhlenberg, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Early White Cling. 1. Prince Cat. Fr. Trees 24. 1823. 2. Prince Pom. Man. 2:35. 1832.
Fruit medium to small; skin pale yellow, marbled with red; flesh yellowish-green, juicy, pleasant; ripens early in September.
Eastburn Choice. 1. Hoffy Orch. Comp. 1:Pl. 1841.
The name is in honor of the originator, Rev. Joseph Eastburn, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who planted a pit about 1825. The variety comes true from seed. Tree hardy, vigorous, productive; fruit large, nearly round; skin pale yellow, blushed on the sunny side; flesh yellowish-white, tinged about the pit, sprightly, slightly acid, juicy; pit small; ripens late in September.