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Bourdine. i. Langley Pomona 102, PI. 28 fig. 5. 1729- 2. Duhamel Trait. Arh. Fr. 

 2:20, 21, PI. 12. 1768. 3. Lindley Guide Orch. Card. 245, 246. 1831. 4. Card. 

 Citron. 152. 1865. 5- Leroy Diet. Pom. 6:70, 71 fig., 72, 73, 74. 1879. 



Bourdin Lackpfirsich. 6. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstkunde i:2oS. 2og. 1858. 



Bondin. 7. Hogg Fruit Man. 215. 1866. 



Bourdine is an old French sort written of by Alerlet and Quintin>e. It has been 

 confused with Royale. Louis XIV having so named it on receiving it from his gardener, 

 Bourdine. Duhamel maintains that these two are distinct varieties and we have followed 

 him. Leaves with globose glands; flowers small, edged with carmine; fruit large, roundish, 

 halves unequal; suture deep and wide; skin greenish-white, blushed and marbled; flesh 

 white, melting, separates readily from the pit, sugary; quality good; stone small, nearly 

 round; ripens the middle of September. 

 Bourdine Royale. i. Loud. Hort. Soc. Cat. 94. 1831. 



Listed in this reference. 

 Bowers Early, i. Card. Mon. 19:274. 1877. 2. W. K. Y. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 50. 1S79. 



A large, freestone peach, earlier than Amsden, said to ha\-e originated in "Frederick, 

 Maryland, in 1876. 

 Bowslaugh Late. i. Can. Hort. 11:151. 1888. 



Bou'slaugh. 2. Ont. Fr. Or. Assoc. Rpt. 22:31. 1890. 



A fine, late, yellow seedling of the Crawford type; originated in the Niagara district, 

 Ontario. Canada. 

 Boyd Early, i. Del. Sta. Rpt. 5:97. 1892. 



Listed in this reference. 

 Boyles. i. Ont. Sta. Rpt. 1:51. 1894. 2. Mich. Sta. Sp. Bui. 44:31- iQio- 



A variety found by James Boyles, Douglas, Michigan. A very good substitute for 

 Earh' Crawford. Tree \ngorous; fruit large, yellow, pleasing. 

 Brackett. i. Berckmans Cat. 12. 191 2- 13. 



P. J. Berckmans, Augusta, Georgia, states that this varietj' was named in honor of 

 the late Colonel G. B. Brackett. It is a yellow-fleshed freestone, a cross between Smock 

 and Chinese Cling, ripening just after Elberta, said to be of best quality. 

 Braddick American, i. Brookshaw Har/. Reposit. 1:59, PI. 29. 1823. 2. Lindley Guide 

 Orch. Gard. 273, 274. 1831. 



Braddick's North American. 3. Land. Hort. Soc. Cat. 94. 1831. 



Leaves crenate, wdth globose glands; flowers small; fruit of mediimi size, slightly 

 tapering towards the apex; deeply sutured; skin pale yellow, tinged with red; flesh pale 

 yellow nearly to the stone, juicy; stone clings; ripens the middle of September. 

 Braddick New York. i. Land. Hort. Soc. Cat. 94. 1831. 



Braddick New York is a freestone of second size and quality, ripening early in Septem- 

 ber; glands reniform; flowers small; color pale green, with a blush. 

 Braddick Red. i. Loitd. Hort. Soc. Cat. 94. 183 1. 



Leaves serrate, glandless; flowers large; fruit large, pale green, blushed with dark red; 

 flesh melting, free from the pit; of first quality; ripens at the end of August. 



