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1952, at Boyce Thompson Institute, Yonkers, New York; in trod, by 

 E. Dilatush and E. H. Diehl. Reported as the best Boyce Thompson 

 selection, with a not too compact growth, good green foliage, early 

 bearing, vigorous fruiting branches, and large, globose, bright-red fruits. 

 Native American Holly Farms, Manheim, Pennsylvania, Cat. 1954, 

 without descr. = Boyce Thompson, Boyce Thompson #1. 



Boyce Thompson Xanthocarpa (Galle, Natl. Hort. Mag. 36(1): 21. 

 1957) — described as a "shapely, good-foliaged female, with clear yellow 

 berries tipped with large black dots." Orig. Boyce Thompson Institute, 

 Yonkers, New York. E. P. Hume and P. Owens, Holly Letter 31, p. 12. 

 1968, as Boyce Thompson X. C, without descr. Reported as having 

 been in trod, by P. W. Zimmerman in the late 1920's from Mount 

 Vernon, Virginia. Fruit Indian Yellow (6-6/1) (Royal Hort. Soc. Colour 

 Chart, 1942). Referred to as Boyce Thompson by D. Wyman, XVI th 

 Internatl. Hort. Cong. 1962 Proc. 4: 343. 1964. All of the Boyce Thomp- 

 son numbers and names are badly confused in the literature as well as 

 in the trade. 



Boyden #1 (Wister and others, Holly Soc. Amer. Bui. 6, p. 42. 1953, in 

 syn.). =Zoe. 



Boyden #2 (Wister and others, Holly Soc. Amer. Bui. 6, p. 41. 1953, in 

 syn.). =Vera. 



Boyden No. 3 (Wister and others, Holly Soc. Amer. Bui. 6, p. 22. 1953, 

 in syn.). =BEULAH. 



Boyden No. 4 (Wister and others, Holly Soc. Amer. Bui. 6, p. 27. 1953, in 

 syn.). =ETTA. 



Boyden #6 (Wister and others, Holly Soc. Amer. Bui. 6, p. 37. 1953, in 

 syn.) . = Perpetual. 



Bradshaw (Kingsville Nurs., Kingsville, Maryland, Cat. p. 33. 1951) — 

 leaves large, dark green, well spined; fruit good, red, in clusters. Select, 

 and in trod, by H. Hohman about 1935; seedling of Delia Bradley. 

 Galle, Natl. Hort. Mag. 36(1) :21. 1957— leaves well spined, dark green, 

 fruit red, in clusters. 



Brigham Young (Wister and others, Holly Soc. Amer. Bui. 6, p. 23. 

 1953, male without descr.) — select, by P. Vossberg about 1945. Orig. at 

 Setauket, Long Island, New York. 



Brilliance (Galle, Natl. Hort. Mag. 36(1): 21. 1957)— leaves semi- 

 glossy; large, slightly convex, heavy fruiting at a young age; fruit extra 

 large, bright red. Orig. at Hillenmeyer Nurs., Lexington, Kentucky. 



Brilliantissima (Westbury Rose Co., Westbury, New York, Cat. p. 6. 

 1950, without descr.) John Vermeulen, Neshanic Station, New Jersey, 

 Cat. p. 12. Spring 1959 — fast growing, slender, compact pyramid; 

 leaves semiglossy, medium green; very hardy. Westbury Rose Co., 

 Westbury, New York, Cat. p. 12, 1964 — very vigorous, pyramidal with 

 brilliant red berries, heavy setting. Wister and others, Holly Soc. Amer. 



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