Narrative
This variety is variously listed as a peach and nectarine. Flower small. Flesh white, juicy, sweet, vinous; ripens early September; fruit roundish ovate, ground color yellow green, mottled with red over most of the surface,melting texture. Freestone. Per Manual of Fruit: "Flowers small; glands reniform; fruit large, roundish ovate, yellowish green in the shade, dark purplish red mottled with brown next the sun; flesh yellowish green, deep red next the stone, free, rich, sweet, and vinous; stone roundish, deep reddish brown, and deeply furrowed." Per Thomas (see citation): "Size medium, roundish; apexslightly narrowed; suture shallow; skin with a dark purple-red cheek and brown dots, on pale yellow-roundish, moderately rough, reddish or reddish-brown; flesh melting, rich, high flavored, and aromatic; of the finest quality. Season very early. Flowers small. Distinguished from Elruge by its redder flesh and stone, and darker skin."