Listed as a strong grower in Canada.
Beatrice. 1. Gard. Mon. 13:279. 1871. 2. Tex. Sta. Bul. 39:809. 1896. 3. Budd-Hansen Am. Hort. Man. 2:337. 1903.
Early Beatrice. 4. Gard. Chron. 1323. 1872. 5. Gard. Mon. 15:315, 339, 340. 1873. 6. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 28. 1875. 7. Hogg Fruit Man. 443, 444. 1884.
This peach is a seedling of Rivers White Nectarine and was raised many years ago by Thomas Rivers, Sawbridgeworth, England. The American Pomological Society added Beatrice to its fruit-list in 1875 but dropped it in 1891. Fruit small to medium, round, a little pointed at the apex, marked on one side by a distinct suture; skin yellowish, almost covered with patches of bright red; flesh pale yellowish-white, melting, juicy, richly flavored, slightly adherent to the pit; season remarkably early, ripening in England in July.
Beauchamp. 1. Tex. Sta. Bul. 39:809. 1896.
Tree rather weak in growth, unproductive; fruit medium in size, round, yellow, with a red cheek; flesh yellow, firm, mild acid; quality fair; freestone; ripens the latter part of August.
Beauté de la Saulsaie. 1. Thomas Guide Prat. 51. 1876.
A glandless variety of doubtful merit.
Beauty of Salisbury. 1. Elliott Fr. Book 290. 1854.
A foreign, freestone variety subject to mildew; fruit large, roundish, yellowish-white, blushed with red; ripens in September.
Beaver No. 2. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 45. 1897.