Catalogue of Varieties. 6f 



BELLE DE VIBERT (Vibert). Large, conical, light crimson, 

 sweet, but not rich ; flesh firm. A handsome berry ; succeeds 

 poorly, except in a very few localities. 



BELLE LYONNAISE (Nardy). New, 1868. Berry large, round, 

 rose colored: seeds prominent; flesh creamy white, melting, 

 sugary, and highly perfumed. Vigorous and productive. Late. 



BELL'S EXCELLENT. 



BELVIDERE (Prince). Large, conical, light scarlet, sweet, and 

 good. 



BENICEA (Prince). Described by the originator as very large, 

 obtusely conical, crimson ; flesh white, firm, sweet, fine flavor. 

 Vigorous and productive. Pistillate. 



BERSILLA (Prince). Early, very large, bright scarlet, good. 

 Must be grown in hills. 



BICOLOR (De Jonghe). 1849 or l &5- Medium size, conical, 

 light crimson, sweet and good. A poor grower. 



BICTON PINE. (Syn. Belle Blanche, Deftford White, Excelsior?) 

 Large, roundish, pale flesh color, with a reddish tinge on the 

 sunny side. Bears a moderate crop of fragrant and tolerably 

 high flavored berries. Requires very careful winter protection. 

 Fig. in Hort. XII. 220, Alb. de Pom. IV. 78. 



BIJOU (De Jonghe). 1859-60. Fruit medium to large, regularly 

 conical, bright shining rose color; seeds yellow and promi- 

 nent; flesh snow white, juicy, and moderatelv good. I have 

 fruited the Bijou four seasons, and find it a pretty berry, but a 

 poor bearer. 



BIJOU DES FRAISES (Wolf). Entirely distinct from the forego- 

 ing. A Hautbois strawberry. 



BISHOP'S ORANGE. (Syn. Bishop's Neiv Orange, Hudson s Bay.} 

 Medium, conical, regular; color between orange and light scar- 

 let; flesh firm, rich, and excellent. Pistillate. 



BISHOP'S SEEDLING SCARLET (Bishop). A seedling of the Hud- 

 son's Bay, and originated in England in 1819. A good bearer, 

 very late. Leaves light green, deeply serrate ; fruit moderate 

 size, round, with a neck, light scarlet, hairy, seeds deeply im- 

 bedded ; flesh solid, pale scarlet, of moderately good flavor. 



BISHOP'S WICK. Large, conical, good. 



BLACK CHILL- A mere sub-variety of darker color. 



BLACK CONE. Medium, conical, third rate. 



BLACK DEFIANCE . (Durand). New. Conical or cockscombed, 

 very dark crimson ; flesh solid, juicy, rich, and sprightly. 



BLACK HAUTBOIS. A seedling of the conical Hautbois, raised in 



