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Belle d'Orbassano. i. Thomas (Jitidc Prat. 48. 1876. 



Mentioned as a \-ery laic, but excellent, Italian variety with reniform glands. 

 Belle de Saint-Geslin. i. Card. A/o«. 15:244. 1873. 2. Le Bon J ard. 326. 1882. 



A variety discovered some years ago in the ruins of the St. Geslin tower near Richelieu, 

 Indre-et-Loire, France, by a M. Joutron. Fruit large, whitish-green, splashed with purple; 

 flesh white, melting; very good; stone free; matures the latter half of October. 

 Belle de Saint-Geslin Blanche, i. Card. Chroti. N. S. 22:472. 1884. 



A wliile-fruited .sj)orl from the Belle de Saint-Geslin, much esteemed by the French 

 as a late peach. 

 Belle de Toulouse, i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 6:60 fig., 61. 1879. 



Belle Toulousaine. 2. Carri6rc Var. Peckers 54. 1867. 



Schone Toulouserin. 3. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 414. 1889. 



Jean Rey, a nurseryman at Toulouse, Haute Garonne, France, raised this peach from 

 seed in 1859. Leroy combines Souvenir de Jean Rey with this variety but the two are 

 apparently distinct. Fruit large, roundish-oval, with a shallow suture; skin clear yellow, 

 washed with dark red; flesh greenish-white, red at the pit, juicy, with a sweet, vinous 

 flavor; stone free; season the first of September. 



Belle de Vitry. i. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:36, 37, PI. XXV. 1768. 2. Lindley 

 Guide Orch. Card. 244, 245. 1831. 3. Downing Fr. frees Am. 472. 1845. 

 4. Leroy Diet. Pom. 6:61 fig., 62. 1879. 



Bellis. S. Miller Card. Diet. 1752. 



Beauty of Vitry. 6. Prince Potn. Man. 1:193. 1831. 



Schoner von Vitry. 7. Dochna-hl Fiihr. Obstkundc 3:210. 1858. 



According to Leroy this peach was raised more than two centuries ago at Vitry-sur- 

 Seine, France, and was first mentioned by Merlet in 1675. Some writers have confused 

 it with Admirable. Leaves glandless or with few globose glands; fruit of medium size, 

 broad, with a deep suture; skin pale yellowish-white, tinged and marbled with bright 

 and dull red; flesh greenish-yellow, red at the pit, firm, juicy, rich; quality good; stone 

 free; season the last of September. 

 Bellegarde. i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 6:62, 63 fig. 1879. 



This name has been applied to another peach called Galande but the variety described 

 by Leroy in this reference appears to be distinct. Fruit medium in size, roundish, com- 

 pressed; skin covered with dark red in the sun; flesh whitish, juicy, sweet, with a pleasant 

 flavor; stone free; ripens the first of September. 

 Bellows. I. Langley Pomona 105, PI. XXXI fig. V. 1729. 



Bellows is a good bearer with fruit of fair quality. Color greenish-yellow, with a 

 mottled blush; flesh white, with a trace of red at the pit; ripens the first of .August. 

 Beltzar. i. Mag. Hort. 13:110. 1847. 



An early \-ariety originating in Coshocton County, Ohio. 

 Beltzar Early Rareripe. 1. Mag. Hort. 13:110. 1847. 2. Elliott Fr. Book 291. 1854. 



Originated in Coshocton County, Ohio. Glands globose; fruit roundish, blushed with 

 red in the sun; ripens in August. 



