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THE PEACHES OF NEW YORK 



Beaute de la Saulsaie. i. Thomas Cnide Prat. 51. 1876. 



A ^landless variety of doubtful merit. 

 Beauty of Salisbury, i. Elliott Fr. Book 290. 1854. 



A foreign, freestone variety subject to mildew; fruit large, roundish, \-ello\vish-\vhite, 

 blushed with red; ripens in September. 

 Beaver No. 2. i. Am. Pom. Sac. Rpt. 45. 1897. 



Fruit roundish, above medium in size; skin thin, white, washed and splashed with 

 red; ]jubescence short; flesh white, purplish at the stone, mild subacid; quality very good; 

 stone free; ripens early in Augu.st. 

 Beckwith Early, i. IT. A'. V. Hart. Soc. Rpt. 50. 1879. 



Beckwith Early is a large, early clingstone raised by a Mr. Beck"with, Olathe, Kansas. 

 Beckworth. i. Cultivator 3rd Ser. 1:155. i853- 



A hardy, prolific seedling, immune to mildew, raised by Dr. Beckworth, Oswego, 

 New York; flesh yellow; pit small; ripens the first of September. 

 Becquett Late. i. Tex. Sta. Bui. 39:810. 1896. 



This variety may be identical with Bequette Free. Tree vigorous, productive; fruit 

 medium to .small, oval, light yellow, subacid; quality good; freestone; season late in 

 Texas. 

 Beer Late White Cling, i. A'. J. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 42. 187S. 



This variety originated with Samuel Beer, Keyport, New Jersey. Fruit large, rich, 

 fine for brandying; ripens about the middle of October. 

 Beers Late. i. Lovett Cat. 36. 1890. 



Beers Melcatoon. 2. ///. Hart. Soc. Rpt. 184. 1898. 



Beers Late Melocoton. 3. Okla. Sta. Bui. 2:14. 1892. 



Beers Late is a seedling of Late Crawford with which it ripens. Tree strong; fruit 

 rather large, yellow, more or less red. 

 Beers Late Red Rareripe, i. Kenrick Am. Orch. 191. 1841. 



Beers Red Rareripe. 2. Bridgeman Card. Ass't Pt. 3: 105. 1857. 



Joseph Beers, Middletown, New Jersey, first grew this peach. Fruit ^-ery large, 

 oblong; skin nearly white, red where exposed; flesh firm, juicy, high in quality; ripens 

 the last of September. 



Beers Smock, i. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 28. 1875. 2. Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 299. 1875. 

 3. Budd-Hansen Am. Hort. Man. 2:337. 1903. 4. Waugh Am. Peach Orcli. 198. 



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Beer. 5. Tex. Sta. Bui. 39:815. 1896. 



Beers Smock and Smock are identical as grown at this Station. Pomological authorities 

 now verj^ generally agree that the two names have been given the same fruit. For a 

 description of Beers Smock see Smock. 

 Bell Favorite, i. Mich. Sta. Bui. 169:208. 1899. 



Tree fairly vigorous, upright, meditim productive; glands globose; flowers small; 

 fruit large, oval, tapering; skin hght yellow, with a small blush of red, lightly pubescent; 

 flesh yellow, stained with red at the pit, juicy, vinous; quality fair; pit nearly free; season 

 towards the end of September. 



