298 THE SMALL FRUITS OF NEW YORK 



Little Silver, New Jersey. A cross between Champion and Sharpless. Perfect. At 

 this Station, plants numerous, unproductive; fruit-stems short; fruit large, round-wedge, 

 dark red, firm; poor; early. 

 Beede. i. Mass. Sta. Bui. 37:21. 1896. 



Originated with G. F. Beede, Fremont, New Hampshire; introduced about igoi. 

 Perfect. Plants numerous, medium in vigor and productivity; fruit large, conic, bright 

 scarlet; good. 

 Beidler. i. A''. Y. Sta. Bui. 276:67. 1906. 



Thompson No. 602. 2. ///. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 293. 1905. 



Originated by M. T. Thompson, Rio Vista, Virginia; introduced by him in 1905. 

 Imperfect. At this Station, plants numerous, vigorous, very productive, injured by leaf- 

 spot; fruit large to very large, wedge, sometimes coxcomb, light and dark red, green or 

 pale at the tips, firm, juicy, acid; hardly fair; midseason. 



Belle. I. Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 308. 1891. 2. A''. Y. Sta. Bui. 64:5. 1894. 



Originated about 1890 by M. T. Thompson, Lakewood, Ohio, from mixed seed. 

 Perfect. Plants at this Station medium in number, with good foliage, unproductive; 

 fruit medium to very large, holds size well, variable in shape, elongated-wedge, dark red, 

 with greenish tips, juicy, acid; good; late. 



Belle (of Moore), i. Card. Man. 19:335- i877- 



Originated by J. B. Moore, Concord, Massachusetts; introduced in 1876. Perfect. 

 Fruit verj' large, irregular, coxcombed, crimson, medium firm, subacid; poor. 



Belle de Bordelaise. i. Card. Chron. 808. 1859. 2. Downing Fr. Trees .4m. 1007. 1869. 



A cross between a Hautbois and White Alpine raised in 1854 by M. Lartey in France. 

 Perfect. At this vStation, plants remarkably vigorous, very productive; runners slender, 

 reddish; fruit medium to small, oval or round-conic; fruit-stems very long, very deep red; 

 calyx strongly reflexed; flesh juicy, soft, with a peculiar rich, rather strong flavor, not 

 perceptibly acid. 

 Belle of La Crosse, i. Ann. Hort. 201. 1892. 



Introduced about 1889 by John A. Salzer, La Crosse, Wisconsin. Perfect. Plants 

 moderately vigorous, productive; fruit large, round-conic, bright dark scarlet; flesh medium 

 dark, firm, acid; good; late midseason. 



Belmont, i. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 93. 1883. 2. Card. Mon. 28:240. 1886. 3. .V. V 

 Sta. Bui. 24.330. 1890. 



Originated about 1880 with Warren Huestis, Belmont, Massachusetts. Popular at 

 one time on heavy soils in Massachusetts. Perfect. As grown at this Station, plants 

 moderately vigorous and numerous, productive; fruit large, often coxcomb, oblong-conic, 

 with thick neck, glossy red, firm, well flavored, subacid; good; late. 

 Belt. I. U. S. D. A. Farmers' Bid. 1043:28. 1919. 



William Belt. 2. Am. Card. 15:434. 1893-94. 3. Va. Sta. Tech. Bui. 11:101, 

 fig. 18. 1916. 



The berries of this variety are not firm enough for the market, but are especial!}' 

 valuable for home use because of their large size, handsome color and very good flavor. 



