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Bell October, i. Kan. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 38. 1902-03. 2. Alunson Cat. 7. 1904-05. 



Bell October is a large, yellow peach of fine flavor ripening after Salwey and often 

 keeping until November. It originated in Denton County, Texas. 

 Belle de Bade. i. Gtiide Prat. 42. 1895. 



Fniit verv' large, yellow; glands globose; flesh firm, sweet, aromatic; matures in 

 September. 

 Belle de Beaucaire. i. Land. Hort. Soc. Cat. 94. 1831. 2. Elhott Fr. Book 290. 1854. 



3. Leroy Diet. Pom. 6:52, 53 fig. 1879. 



This variety originated near Beaucaire, Card. France. Glands small, globose; flowers 

 small; fruit large, roundish; ca\-ity narrow, deep; apex with a mamelon tip; skin greenish- 

 yellow, spotted with carmine in the sun; flesh greenish-white, red at the stone, firm, juicy, 

 pleasingly acidulated; stone free, brown; ripens the last of August. 

 Belle Beausse. 1. Leroy Diet. Pom. 6:54 fig., 55, 56. 1879. 



Belk Beauee. 2. Kenrick Am. Oreh. 212. 1S32. 



Belle Bausse. 3. Prince Pom. Man. 2:11, 12. 1832. 4. Mas L^ Verger 7:163, 164, 

 fig. 80. 1866-73. 5' Downing Fr. Trees Am. 599. 1869. 



Belk-Bauce. 6. Poiteau Pmn. Franc. i:No. 15, PI. 1846. 



Schone von Beauee. 7. Dochnahl Fiihr. Okstkunde 3:202, 203. 1858. 



This variety was raised long ago by Joseph Beausse, Montreuil, Bellay, France. 

 Because of its close resemblance to Grosse Mignonne the two have often been confused. 

 Fruit large, somewhat flattened at the base and apex, with a distinct suture; skin thin, 

 with fine pubescence, greenish-yeUow, highlj' colored with deep red; flesh white, tinged 

 with red arovmd the pit, juicy, tender, melting, vinous; quality good; freestone; season 

 early September. 

 Belle Beaute. 1. Liegel Syst. Anleit. 184. 1825. 



An excellent, scarlet-red freestone ripening the end of September. 

 Belle Cartiere. i. Pom. France 6: No. 8, PI. 8. 1869. 



Armand Jaboulay introduced Belle Cartiere which he found in the vineyard of Madame 

 Cartiere, Oullins, Rhone, France. Glands reniform; flowers small; fruit large, globular; 

 suture more or less pronounced; skin hea\dly pubescent, white, almost entirely covered 

 with reddish-purple; flesh white, with red radiating from the pit, melting, vinous, juicy; 

 pit nearly free, obtuse, deeply grooved; ripens the first week in September. 

 Belle de Charleville. i. Thomas Guide Prat. 52. 1876. 



Fruit very large, of first quality; glands reniform; ripens in September. 

 Belle Conquete. i. Carri^re Var. Peckers 74. 1867. 



Tree moderately vigorous; glands globose, small; flowers very large; fruit large, round- 

 ish, often flattened at the ends; skin heavily pubescent, whitish-yellow, mottled with 

 carmine; flesh whitish, reddish at the pit, melting, sweet; stone large, oval, plump, free; 

 ripens the last of August. 

 Belle de la Croix, i. Hogg Fruit Man. 214. 1866. 2. Thomas Guide Prat. 44. 1876. 



This variety was first grown in Bordeaux, France. Tree hardy; glands reniform; 

 flowers small; fruit large, round; skin white, washed with purple; flesh fine, reddish about 

 the stone, sweet, aromatic; of first quality; ripens the end of August. 



