This is a seedling peach raised by Mark Whaley, Olinda, Ontario, Canada. The fruit is a yellow freestone of fair size and ripens two weeks ahead of Early Crawford.
Wheatstone. 1. N. Y. Sta. Rpt. 3:22. 1884.
Listed as growing upon the Station grounds in 1884.
Wheatley. 1. Miss. Sta. Bul. 93:14. 1905.
Listed in this reference.
Wheeler Early. 1. Country Gent. 23:158. 1864. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 30. 1875. 3. Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 416. 1888.
Wheeler Early was listed by the American Pomological Society from 1875 until 1897. Glands globose; fruit small, roundish; skin white, blushed with red; flesh melting, not very high in quality; freestone; ripens early.
Wheeler Late. 1. Can. Exp. Farm Bul. 2nd Ser. 3:68. 1900.
This is a strong-growing variety which does not ripen its fruit in Canada.
Wheeler Late Yellow. 1. Del. Sta. Rpt. 5:100. 1892.