Described as a medium-sized peach, with a reddish-brown blush on a green ground; ripens early in September.
Belle de Neuville. 1. Cat. Cong. Pom. France 90 fig. 1906.
A French seedling raised by C. Jacquet, Neuville, France. Tree vigorous; glands globose; flowers very large; fruit medium in size, roundish, faintly sutured; skin amber, washed with deep purple where exposed; flesh amber, tinged with red at the pit, juicy, sweet, sprightly; quality excellent; pit large, broad, plump, nearly free; ripens the last of August.
Belle d'Orbassano. 1. Thomas Guide Prat. 48. 1876.
Mentioned as a very late, but excellent, Italian variety with reniform glands.
Belle de Saint-Geslin. 1. Gard. Mon. 15:244. 1873. 2. Le Bon Jard. 326. 1882.
A variety discovered some years ago in the ruins of the St. Geslin tower near Richelieu, Indre-et-Loire, France, by a M. Joutron. Fruit large, whitish-green, splashed with purple; flesh white, melting; very good; stone free; matures the latter half of October.
Belle de Saint-Geslin Blanche. 1. Gard. Chron. N. S. 22:472. 1884.
A white-fruited sport from the Belle de Saint-Geslin, much esteemed by the French as a late peach.
Belle de Toulouse. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 6:60 fig., 61. 1879.
Belle Toulousaine. 2. Carrière Var. Pêchers 54. 1867.
Schöne Toulouserin. 3. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 414. 1889.