Eldred. 1. Gard. Mon. 18:15. 1876. 2. Mich. Sta. Bul. 169:212, 213. 1899.
Eldred was named after its originator, a Mr. Eldred of Washington County, Texas. It is one of the earliest clings to ripen; glands globose; flowers medium in size; fruit large, roundish-ovate; skin creamy-white, with a red blush; flesh white, firm, mild; pit roundish-oval; ripens just before Hale Early.
Elisabeth Bonamy. 1. Thomas Guide Prat. 49. 1876. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 12:176. 1883.
A French variety introduced in 1868 and named after Madame Elisabeth Bonamy. Glands reniform; flowers small; fruit very large, roundish, irregular, with a mamelon tip at the apex; pale yellow, with a deep carmine blush; flesh yellow; matures the middle of September.
Eliza I. 1. Elliott Fr. Book 283. 1854. 2. Hoffy N. Am. Pom. 1:Pl. 1860.
Gerard Schmitz, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, exhibited this seedling in 1849. Leaves large, with reniform glands; fruit large, round; skin yellow, with a mottled red cheek; flesh yellow except at the stone; freestone; matures the last of September.
Eliza II. 1. Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 187. 1880.
This is a seedling of Late Crawford, originating with C. C. Engle, Paw Paw, Michigan. Foliage rather glaucous; fruit large, roundish, tapering at the apex; color yellow, blushed with red; flesh bright yellow, red at the pit, tender, juicy, rich, vinous; ripens after Late Crawford.
Ellison. 1. Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 314. 1889. 2. Ia. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 510. 1900.
Ellison is another variety that reproduces itself from seed. It originated in Ohio. As it grows at this Station its only value is for canning. Tree not very productive; glands reniform; flowers small; fruit above medium in size, resembling Chili in shape; apex with a recurved, mamelon tip; skin covered with long pubescence, greenish-yellow, with narrow splashes of dull red; flesh yellow, faint red at the pit, rather dry, mild to sprightly; quality fair; stone free, small, oval, shortly pointed, plump; ripens the middle of October.