320 THE PEACHES OF NEW YORK 



Brown, i. Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 170. 1882. 2. U. S. D. A. Yearbook 273. 1903. 



This is a white-fleshed seedling of Chih found by Orrin Brown, Berrien County, 

 Michigan. Tree hardy, with the drooping habit of Chih. Fruit averages larger than 

 Hale Early which it closely follows in ripening. 

 Brown Choice, i. Black Cttli. Peach & Pear iij. 1886. 



Bro'cL'Ji Best. 2. Fulton Peach Cult. 177, 178. 1908. 



A large, white-fleshed variety ripening with Late Crawford. 

 Brown Early, i. TI'. A". Y. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 115. 1880. 



An early variety originated by W. L. Brown, Ashle\-, Illinois. 

 Brown Nutmeg, i. Prince Povi. Man. 2:24, 25. 1832. 



This is a strav \-ariet}.- which has often been confused with Red Nutmeg but the two 

 are distinct. Fruit mucli smaller than Red Nutmeg, somewhat oval, with a mamelon 

 apex; skin vellowish, with considerable dingy red; flavor pleasant; ripens in July. 

 Browns Friihpfirsich. i. StoU 0. U. Pom. PI. 52 fig. 4. 1888. 



A seedling of Hale Early ripening after it. Fruit globular, slightl}- compressed at 

 the ends; skin woolly, whitish-yellow, spotted red where exposed; flesh white, adherent; 

 stone large for the size of fruit. 

 Brunson. i. Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 79. 1889. 2. Mich. Sta. Sp. Bui. 44:32, PI. 1910. 



Branson is a chance seedling found about 1880 by Rufus Brunson, Benton Harbor, 

 Michigan. It is grown in Michigan but not as much as Kalamazoo which it closely 

 resembles. On the Station grounds the trees are hardy, unproductive, large, with lower 

 branches drooping. Glands reniform; flowers appear early, small; fruit large, cordate; 

 apex usuallv mamelon; skin tough, covered with short pubescence, lemon-yellow, splashed 

 with dark, dull red on a lively blush giving it a bronze effect; flesh yellow, firm, mild; 

 good; stone broadly oval, bulged near the apex, terminating in a long, sharp point; ripens 

 the middle of September. 

 Buck. I. Wickson Cal. Fruits 318. 1889. 



A seedling grown by L. W. Buck, Vaca Valley, California; a good shipper. 

 Buckeye, i. Ohio Hort. Soc. Rpt. 4. 1855. 



A seedling from Clark County, Ohio, having .pale yellowish-white flesh. It is 

 inferior to Late Crawford and ripens ten days later. 

 Buckinghamshire Minion, i. Brookshaw Poin. Brit. i:Pl. 23. 1817. 



Skin thin; flesh red at the stone; ripens the middle of August. 

 Bullard. i. Kenrick Am. Orch. 186. 1841. 



Originated with a Mr. Bullard, Framingham, Massachusetts. Fruit very large, 

 round, deep yellow in the sun; flesh yellow, juicy, sweet; freestone ; ripens early in September. 

 Bullard Cling, i. Kenrick Am. Orch. 196. 1841. 



A large, round clingstone from Massachusetts. 

 Bullmaim Aprikosenpfirsich. i. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstkunde 3:219. 1858. 



Leaves glanrlless; flowers small; fruit of medium size, somewhat oblate, faintly 

 sutured; flesh yellow, sprightly; stone acutely pointed, free; ripens at the end of August. 

 Buonaparte, i. Bridgeman Card. AssH Pt. 3:105. 1857. 



A fine, early market variety introduced by Joseph Buonaparte, New Jersey. 



