308 THE PEACHES OF NEW YORK 



Belle de Doue. i. Hogg Fruit Man. 214, 215. 1866. 2. M;is Le Verger 7:139, 140, 

 fig. 68. 1866-73. 3- Leroy Diet. Pom. 6:58, 59. 1879. 



Schone von Doue. 4. Lauche Deut. Pom. VI: No. 20, PI. 1882. 



This peach was grown from seed in 1839 by a M. Dimia-Chatenay at Doue-la-Fon- 

 taine, Maine-et-Loire, France. Glands globose; flowers small; fruit medium to large, 

 roundish, with a distinct suture; skin greenish-yellow, washed and mottled with red; flesli 

 greenish-white, red at the pit, juicy, sweet, with a delicious, aromatic flavor; stone free; 

 ripens about the middle of August. 

 Belle Dupont. i. Mas Pom. Gen. 12:185. 1883. 



Listed in this reference. 

 Belle et Bonne, i. Ann. Pom. Beige 1:49, 50, PI. 1853. 



Schone Magdalene. 2. "Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkundc ;i: igg. 1858. 



A. Bivort grew this seedling about 183 1 and, because of size and quality of fruit called 

 it Belle et Bonne. Leaves glandless; flowers large; fruit large, roundish, deeply sutured; 

 skin heavily pubescent, clear yellow, with a bright red cheek; flesh white, fine, melting, 

 aromatic; freestone; ripens the latter part of August. 



Belle Henri Pinaud. i. Card. Chron. N. S. 18:472. 1882. 2. Soc. Nat. Hort. France 

 Pom. 292 fig., 293. 1904. 



A French variety introduced to commerce about 1 88 1 . Tree vigorous ; glands renif orm ; 

 flowers large; fruit large, roundish, slightly flattened at apex; skin greenish-yellow, deep 

 red where exposed; faintly sutured; flesh whitish-yellow, fine, sweet; very good in quality; 

 stone free, elongated ; ripens the middle of September. 

 Belle Imperiale. i. Mag. Hort. 34:89. 1868. 2. Cat. Cong. Pom. France 93 fig. 1906. 



Obtained by a M. Chevalier, Montreuil, Seine, France. Tree vigorous; glands 

 globose; flowers medium in size; fruit large, spherical, slighth- oblique near the apex; 

 shallowly sutured; skin heavily pubescent, yellow, blushed with deep red in the sun; flesh 

 whitish-yellow, faint carmine near the stone, melting, vinous, sweet; quality good; ripens 

 the middle of September. 

 Belle de Liege, i. Thomas Cwzde Prat. 48. 1876. 



Belle dc Li^ge produces large, excellent fruit of first quality; glands absent ; flowers 

 medium in size; ripens the end of August. 

 Belle de Logelbach. i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 388. 1S89. 2. Guide Prat. 40. 1895. 



Tree vigorous, productive; glands reniform; fruit very large, juicy, aromatic; ripens 

 the middle of September. 

 Belle de Mes Yeux. i. Thomas Guide Prat. 52. 1876. 



Described as a mediimi-sized peach, with a reddish-brown blush on a green ground; 

 ripens early in September. 

 Belle de Neuville. i. Cat. Cong. Pom. France 90 fig. 1906. 



A French seedling raised by C. Jacquet, Neuville, France. Tree ^^gorous; glands 

 globose; flowers very large; fruit medium in size, roundish, faintly sutured; skin amber, 

 washed with deep purple where exposed; flesh amber, tinged with red at the pit, juicy, 

 sweet, sprightly; quality excellent; pit large, broad, plump, nearly free; ripens the last 

 of August. 



