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near Paris, France. Tree moderately productive; glands reniform; flowers small; fruit 



above medium in size, roundish-oval; suture faintly marked; skin hea\-ily .pubescent, 



whitish-yellow, mottled with purple in the sun; flesh whitish, carmine at the stone, melting, 



ven.- juicy, sweet, sprightly; quality good; stone small, free, ovoid, plump; ripens in 



September. 



Berry, i. U. S. D. A. Pom. Rpt. 41. 189;. 



Fruit roundish, mediiun in size; ca\-ity wide, deep; suture distinct; apex swollen; skin 

 thin, tough, covered with short pubescence, creamy-white, washed with red; flesh whitish, 

 tinged with red at the stone, meaty, tender for a cling, ver>- juicy, sweet, rich; quality 

 good; stone small, oval, clinging; ripens in the District of Colimibia early in September. 

 Bertholome. i. Thomas Guide Prat. 52. 1876. 



Barthelemy. 2. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 387. 1889. 



A ven,- large, yellow, late peach with small flowers and reniform glands. 

 Bessie Kerr. i. J. S. Kerr Cat. 4. 1898. 



This variety is described briefly by J. S. Kerr, Denton, Maryland. Tree vigorous, 

 upright, productive; fruit large, oblong, white; clingstone; matures in August. 

 Best June. 1. Ramsey Cat. 3. 191 2. 



According to F. T. Ramsey and Son, Austin, Te.xas, this peach was originated about 

 1894 by John Burkhardt, Fayette County. Texas. It was introduced by F. T. Ramsey 

 and Son in 1906, and is said to excel Mamie Ross. Tree very productive; fruit light- 

 colored, with a red cheek; stone semi-clinging; season the last of June in Texas. 

 Besy Robin, i. Thomas Guide Prat. 52. 1876. 2. Leroy Diet. Pom. 6:66 fig., 67. 

 1879. 



Raised by Besy Robin, Angers, Maine, France, about 1863. Tree productive; glands 

 reniform; flowers small; fruit large, globular, truncate; suture prominent; skin thick, 

 greenish-yellow, blushed with red, deeper where exposed; flesh whitish-}-ellow, stained at 

 the pit. firm though melting, very juicy, sprightly; of first quality; stone free, very large, 

 roundish-oval, plump; matures the middle of September. 

 Beville. i. Mag. Hort. 15:503. 1849. 



Be\'iUe has a dwarfish, compact habit of growth and bears numerous, large blossoms. 

 Grown only in the South. 

 Bexar, i. Tex. Sta. Bid. 8:34. 1889. 2. Ibid. 39:810. 1896. 



Tree vigorous, moderately productive; glands globose; fruit ovate, light creamy; 

 flesh slightly acid; freestone; ripens the middle of August. 

 Bianci di Nizza. i. Card. Citron. 907. 1858. 



Exhibited at the Imperial and Royal Horticultural Society of Tuscany. Italy. 

 Bickell. I. Mich. Sta. Bui. 104:88. 1894. 2. Ibid. 194:45. 1901. 



An undesirable, late, white freestone of medium size, ripening with Salwey. 

 Biddle. i. III. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 167. 1895. 



A white-fleshed clingstone ripening the middle of July. 

 Bidwell Early, i. Card. Mon. 28:334. 1886. 2. U. S. D. A. Rpt. 575, PI. VI. 1888. 

 3. Am. Pom. .Soc. Cat. 44. 1891. 4. Fla. Sta. Bid. 62:511. 1902. 



One of the seedlings of Peento raised about 1886 bv A. I. Bidwell, Arlington. Florida. 



