306 THE PEACHES OF NEW YORK 



Beaute de la Saulsaie. i. Thomas Guide Prat. 51. 1876. 



A ^landless \-ariety of doubtful merit. 

 Beauty of Salisbury, i. Elliott Fr. Book 290. 1854. 



A foreign, freestone variety subject to mildew; fruit large, roundish, yellowish-white, 

 blushed with red; ripens in September. 

 Beaver No. 2. i. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 45. 1S97. 



Fruit roundish, above medium in size; skin thin, white, washed and splashed with 

 red; pubescence short; flesh white, purplish at the stone, mild subacid; quality very good; 

 stone free; ripens early in August. 

 Beckwith Early, i. U". .V. Y. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 50. 1879. 



Beckwith Early is a large, early clingstone raised by a Mr. Beckwith, Olathe, Kansas. 

 Beckworth. i. Cultivator 3rd Ser. 1:155. i853- 



A hardy, prolific seedling, immune to mildew, raised by Dr. Beckn'orth, Oswego, 

 New York; flesh yellow; pit small; ripens the first of September. 

 Becquett Late. i. Tex. Sta. Bui. 39:810. 1896. 



This variety may be identical with Bequette Free. Tree vigorous, productive; fruit 

 medium to small, oval, light yellow, subacid; quality good; freestone; season late in 

 Texas. 

 Beer Late White Cling, i. A'. ./. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 42. 1878. 



This variety originated with Samuel Beer, Keyport, New Jersey. Fruit large, rich, 

 line for brandying; ripens about the middle of October. 

 Beers Late. i. Lovett Cat. 36. 1890. 



Beers Melcatooii. 2. ///. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 184. 1898. 



Beers Late Melocoton. 3. Okla. Sta. Bui. 2:14. 1S92. 



Beers Late is a seedling of Late Crawford with which it ripens. Tree strong; fruit 

 rather large, yellow, more or less red. 

 Beers Late Red Rareripe, i. Kenrick Am. Orch. 191. 1841. 



Beers Red Rareripe. 2. Bridgeman Card. Ass't Pt. 3: 105. 1857. 



Joseph Beers, Middletown, New Jersey, first gi-ew this peach. Fruit very large, 

 oblong; skin nearly white, red where exposed; flesh finn, juicy, high in quality-; ripens 

 the last of September. 



Beers Smock, i. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 28. 1875. 2. Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 299. 1875. 

 3. Budd-Hansen Am. Hort. Man. 2:337. ^9°i- 4- Waugh .4»z. Peach Orch. 198. 



1913- 



Beer. 5. Tex. Sta. Bid. 39:815. 1896. 



Beers Smock and Smock are identical as grown at this Station. Pomological authorities 

 now very generally agree that the two names liave been given the same fruit. For a 

 description of Beers Smock see Smock. 

 Bell Favorite. 1. Mich. Sta. Bui. 169:208. 1899. 



Tree fairly vigorous, upright, medium productive; glands globose; flowers small; 

 fruit large, oval, tapering; skin light yellow, with a small blush of red, lightly pubescent; 

 flesh yellow, stained with red at the pit, juicy, vinous; quality fair; pit nearly free; season 

 towards the end of September. 



