Large Early. 1. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 97. 1831. 2. Cole Am. Fr. Book 193. 1849. 3. Hooper W. Fr. Book 224. 1857.
This name has been incorrectly used as a synonym of Large Early York. Tree hardy, vigorous, productive; fruit large, roundish, flattened at the base; suture distinct; skin whitish, with a red cheek, purple in the sun; flesh white, red at the stone, delicate, sweet, rich; quality good; stone very small; season the last of August.
Large Early Mignonne. 1. Thomas Guide Prat. 49. 1876. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 451. 1884.
Raised by Thomas Rivers, Sawbridgeworth, England, in 1865 from a pit of Belle Beausse. Glands round; flowers large; fruit very large; skin pale straw-yellow, blushed where exposed; flesh melting, very juicy, rich.
Large-Fruited Mignonne. 1. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 100. 1831.
A large-flowered variety with glandless, serrate leaves.
Large White Cling. 1. Prince Treat. Fr. Trees 17. 1820. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 495. 1845. 3. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 211. 1856.
New York White Cling. 4. Lond. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 6:410. 1826.
Williams New York? 5. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 105. 1831.
This variety was raised about 1807 by David Williamson of New York. It soon became very popular among the clingstones in New England and held a place in the fruit-list of the American Pomological Society from 1856 until 1891. Tree hardy and a regular bearer; glands globose; flowers small; fruit large, round; suture slight; skin white, with a light red cheek; flesh tender, melting, juicy, sweet; ripens the first half of September.
Larkin Early. 1. W. N. Y. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 115. 1880.
Raised by D. F. Larkin, Hunts Station, Tennessee. Said to be as fine as Large Early York and earlier than Alexander.