Excelsior. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 185. 1856. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 37. 1909. 3. Waugh Am. Peach Orch. 201. 1913.
Prince's Excelsior. 4. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 632. 1857.
Excelsior was grown more than half a century ago by William R. Prince, Flushing, New York. It has been confused with Crosby, this sort having been once known as Excelsior. Fruit large, roundish to roundish-oblate; suture a line, ending in a flattened depression at the base; color attractive, bright orange-yellow; flesh golden-yellow, very rich, juicy, aromatic, sweet, separating freely from the stone; quality very good; season the middle of October.
Exquisite. 1. U. S. Pat. Off. Rpt. 380. 1858. 2. Jour. Hort. N. S. 7:152. 1864. 3. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 612. 1869. 4. Gard. Mon. 19:114. 1877.
Pavie Georgia. 5. Leroy Dict. Pom. 6:218, 219 fig. 1879.
Exquisite originated in Georgia many years ago. It seems to have been sent to England and France by P. J. Berckmans, Augusta, Georgia. Leaves with globose glands; fruit large, roundish-oval, with a distinct suture; skin yellow, mottled with crimson in the sun; flesh yellow, red at the stone, free, tender, melting, juicy, vinous; ripens in September.
Extra Early. 1. Gard. Mon. 2:337. 1860.
A seedling of Fay Early Anne which precedes its parent by three weeks; the fruit is small and fleshy, with a small pit.
Fabre. 1. Carrière Var. Pêchers 54. 1867.
Tree moderately vigorous, very productive; glands reniform; flowers very small; fruit large, roundish at the base; apex with a small, mamelon tip; skin blushed with deep red on a yellowish-white ground; flesh yellowish-white, coarse, melting, very juicy; pit large, oval, free; ripens early in September.
Fahnestock. 1. Mag. Hort. 13:111. 1847.
A large-fruited seedling from A. Fahnestock, Lancaster, Ohio.