600 THE PEACH. 



loAAdsli, marbled with red in the sun. Suture distinct. Flesh whitish 

 yellow, red at stone, sweet, aiid juicy. September. (Hogg.) 



Belle de Beaucaire. 



A Southern variety. Glands globose. Flowers small. 



Fruit large, roundish, with ])rotruding point. Suture shallow. Skin 

 light yellowish green, with cheek slightly reddened. Flesh pale greenish 

 yellow, red at the. stone, a little coarse, melting, rich. Freestone. Bipe 

 last of July, South. (White's Gard.) 



Belle de Doue. 



Belle de Douai. 



A large melting Peacli, an early variety of Bellegarde. Flesh vinous, 

 rich flavored. Freestone. Glands globose. Flowers small. Middle 

 August. (Hogg.) 



Belle de la Croix. 



A new Peach raised at Bordeaux. Glands reniform. Flowera 

 small. 



Fruit large, round. Flesh sv/eet and rich. Middle August, (Hogg.) 



Belle de Yitry. 

 Admirable Tardive. Bellis. 



This is not the Belle de Vitry of most of our gardens, which is the 

 Early Admirahle ^ it is quite distinct, also, from the Late Admirable' 

 but is the Belle de Yitry described by Duhamel, and is a very firm- 

 fleshed and excellent French variety, little known in this country. 

 Leaves serrated without glands. Flowers small. 



Fruit middle size, rather broad, with a deep sutui-e, and the top 

 depressed. Skin pale yellowish white, tinged and marbled with bright 

 and dull red. Flesh rather firm, red at the stone, melting, juicy, and 

 rich. Bipens here the last of September. Freestone. 



Belle et Bonne. 



A foreign variety. Leaves without glands. Flowers large. 



Fruit large, roundish. Suture deep. Skin downy, clear yellow, shaded 

 with liright red in the sun. Flesh white, fine, melting, highly perfumed. 

 Freestone. August. (An. Pom.) 



Bellegarde. 



Galande. Red Magdalen. 



Noir de Montreuil. Brentford Mignonne. 



French Royal George. Ronald's Mignonne. 



Smooth-leaved Royal George. Early Garlande. 



Early Royal George. Belle de Fillemont. 



This very excellent French Peach is the one most highly esteemed 

 by the Montreuil growers, who supply the Paris markets, and it is 



