THE PEACH. 599 



BALDWIN'S LATE. 



Glands reniform. Flowers small. 



Fruit large, oblong, with a distinct swollen point. Skin greenish 

 white, with a slight red cheek. Flesh very firm, juicy, melting, and 

 well-flavored. Freestone. Ripe the last of October at the South. Dis- 

 seminated by Dr. Baldwin^ of Montgomery. (White's Gard.) 



BARRINGTOX. 

 Buckingham Mignonne. Colonel Ausley's. 



A handsome, very fine, and very hardy English Peach. The tree is 

 vigorous and healthy. The fruit ripens at the medium season, about a 

 week after the Royal George. Leaves with globose glands. Flowers 

 large. 



Fruit large, roundish, inclining to ovate, and rather pointed at the 

 top, with a moderate suture on one side. Skin pale yellowish white, 

 with a deep-red marbled cheek. Flesh but slightly tinged with red at 

 the stone, melting, juicy, very rich, and of the first quality. Stone 

 rugged, dark brown. Beginning of September. Freestone. 



BATCHELDER. 



Origin, Haverhill, Mass. Hardy and productive ; said to produce 

 the same from seed. 



Fruit large, round. Skin white, with a deep blush. Flesh white, 

 melting, juicy, very pleasant vinous flavor. Last of September. (Cole.) 



BAUGH. 



Leaves with reniform glands. 



Fruit medium, roundish, terminated with a small point. Suture 

 obscure. Skin pale yellow, almost white, with a slight blush towards 

 the sun. Flesh yellowish white, pure white at the stone, melting and 

 juicy, with a sweet, pleasant flavor. Separates from the stone. Ripens 

 the first of October. (White's Gard.) 



BELLE BAUSSE. 



Belle Bauce. Pourpree Vineuse. Vineuse Hative. 



Pourpree Hative Yineuse. Vineuse de Fromentin. 



This delicious Peach is a variety of Grosse Mignonne, but larger, and 

 ripens ten days later. Glands globose. Flowers large. 



Fruit large, somewhat flattened at extremities. Suture distinct, 

 higher on one side than the other. Skin thin and delicate, covered 

 with fine down, highly colored almost over the entire surface with deep 

 red. Flesh white, with a rosy tint round the stone, tender, melting, 

 vinous. Freestone. Early September. 



BELLE CHEVREUSE. 



Glands reniform. Flowers small. 



Fruit elongated, with a bold nipple at summit. Skin downy, yel- 



