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Ben Hur. i. Mich. Sta. Sp. Bui. 44:30. 1910. 



A variety, thought to have originated in Michigan, which ripens just before Elberta. 

 Benade. i. Jour. Hort. N. S. 7:429. 1864. 



Benade is an American peach of medium size; yellow flesh; poor quality; ripening in 

 August. 

 Benango. i. Tex. Sta. Bui. 39:810. 1896. 



Listed as growing in Texas. 

 Bennett Rareripe. 1. Kenvick Am. Orch. igg. 1841. 2. Elliott Fr. 5oofe 291. 1854. 

 * Of American origin. Glands globose; fruit large, whitish-yellow, blushed with red; 

 deficient in flavor; ripens early in August. 

 Bequette Cling, i. Mich. Sta. Bui. 118:32. 1895. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 32. 1899. 



Becquette Cling. 3. Del. Sta. Rpt. 13:91. 1901. 



Bequette Cling originated about i860 in a seedling orchard belonging to Benjamin 

 Bequette, Visalia, California. In 1877 J. H. Thomas of the same place gave the variety 

 the name of the originator and commenced propagating it. This peach is similar to 

 Bequette Free, see page 184, a variety of the same origin, except in the clinging tendency 

 of the stone. 

 Berckmans. i. Del. Sta. Rpt. 13:91. 1901. 



Dr. Berckmans. 2. Rural N. Y. 54:106. 1895. 3. Ga. Sta. Bui. 42:235. 1898. 



Dr. L. E. Berckmans, Augusta, Georgia, grew Berckmans from a pit of General Lee 

 about 1 880. Glands renif orm ; fruit large, creamy-white, blushed and mottled with crimson ; 

 flesh white, stained with red at the pit, melting, juicy, vinous; season follows Thurber. 

 Bergame. i. Thomas Guide Prat. 52. 1876. 



Tree vigorous, productive; fruit very large, roundish, irregular; skin blushed with 

 purple on a deep yellow ground; of first quality; ripens early in October. 

 Bergen, i. Elliott Fr. Book 272. 1854. • 



Bergen Yellow. 2. Kenrick Am. Orch. 199. 1841. 3. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 490. 

 1845. 4. Proc. Nat. Con. Fr. Gr. 51. 1848. 



Bergen is probably a native of Long Island. It resembles Yellow Rareripe but ripens 

 about ten days later. The American Pomological Society added this variety to its list of 

 fruits in 1848, a place which it still holds. Tree bears well; glands reniform; flowers small; 

 fruit large, globular, depressed; suture distinct; skin deep orange, with a broad, dark red 

 cheek; flesh yellow, melting, juicy, rich; matures early in September. 

 Bermuda Cling, i. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 191. i860. 



Recommended for planting in Mississippi. 

 Bernard Verlot. i. Carridre Var. PSchers 52, 53. 1867. 



A French variety obtained by a M. Carrelet, Paris, France. Tree vigorous; glands 

 reniform; flowers small; fruit very large, roundish; cavity wide, shallow; skin with short 

 pubescence, streaked and spotted with reddish- violet where exposed; flesh whitish, stained 

 at the pit, melting, very juicy, aromatic; stone nearly free, obovate, deeply grooved at the 

 sutures. 

 Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 6:65 fig., 66. 1879. 



An old, French seedling found growing about 1865 in the nurseries of Jamin and Durand 



