600 THE PEACH. 



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

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



BELLE DE BEAUCAIRE. 



A Southern variety. Glands globose. Flowers small. 



Fruit large, roundish, with protruding 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. Ripe 

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



BELLE DE DOUE. 

 Belle de Douai. 



A large melting Peach, 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. Flowers 

 small. 



Fruit large, round. Flesh sweet and rich. Middle August. (Hogg.) 



BELLE DE YITRY. 

 Admirable Tardive. Bellis. 



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

 Early ^Admirable j it is quite distinct, also, from the Late Admirable y 

 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 suture, 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. Ripens 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 bright 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 



