314 THE PEACHES OF NEW YORK 



Blodgett's Seedlings, i. (/ard. Mon. 24:334, 335. 1882. 



The following are seedlings mentioned as having originated with a Lorin Blodgett: 

 Blodgett Crimson Cling, 

 Blodgett Crimson Freestone, 

 Blodgett Golden Cling, 

 Blodgett Golden Freestone, 

 Blodgett Golden October Cling, 

 Blodgett Golden Pointed Cling. 



These jieaches do not seem to have been recognized by other wpters. 

 Blondeau. i. Thomas Guide Prat. 48. 1876. 2. Soc. \'at. Hort. France Pom. 296 fig., 

 297. 1904. 



Joseph Blondeau, Monlmeil, Seine, France, introduced this variety about 1856. Tree 

 moderately vigorous, very productive; glands globose; flowers small, deep red; fruit large, 

 roundish; cavity large, deep; skin milky-white, purple where exposed; flesh milk\--white, 

 reddish around the pit, melting, sweet, aromatic; quality excellent; stone elliptical, plump, 

 free; ripens late in September. 

 Blood Free. i. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 21. 1897. 



Blood Freestone. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 601. 1869. 



Indian Blood Freestone. 3. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 28. 1873. 4. Ga. Hort. Soc. Rpt- 

 25. 1876. 



Blood Free was probably raised by John M. Ives, Salem, Massachusetts, and is distinct 

 from Blood Cling in having its stone free. The American Pomological Society placed the 

 variety in its list of fruits in 1873 as Indian Blood Freestone but in 1897 shortened the name 

 to Blood Free. Tree vigorous, hardy; fruit of medium size, compressed; apex roundish; 

 skin greenish-white overspread with splashes and stripes of dark red ; flesh blood-red through- 

 out, juicy, coarse, tough and meaty; quality fair; stone free; season very late. 

 Bloor. I. Mich. Sta. Sp. Bid. 44:31. 1910. 



Named after the originator, John Bloor, Mears, Michigan. Tree upright, exceptionally 

 hardy in bud and branch ; fruit resembles Kalamazoo with which it ripens but is superior 

 to it. 

 Blush. I. Del. Sta. Rpt. 13:92. 1901. 



Beauty Blush. 2. Bailey Ann. Hort. 184. 1892. 



A little known seedling from Chinese Cling raised by J. H. Jones, Hemdon. Georgia. 

 Fmit large, high-colored, melting, delicious; freestone; ripens in Georgia the last of June. 

 Bogg Leviathan, i. IT. A'. Y. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 114. 1880. 



Bogg Mammoth. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 161. 1881. 



A very large peach of good quality, ripening three weeks later than Late Cra\\ford, 

 excellent for drying and canning. Raised by a Mr. Bogg, Bonham, Texas. 

 Boisselot. I. Thomas Guide Prat. 52. 1876. 2. Leroy Diet. Pom. 6:68 fig., 69. 1S79. 



Auguste Boisselot, Nantes, Loire-Inferieure, France, originated this variety. Glands 

 reniform; flowers small, rose-colored: fruit large, roundish-oval; skin thick, whitish, marbled 

 and streaked with red; flesh white, melting, rather firm, juicy, often disagreeable; stone 

 elongated, free; ripens the last of August. 



