Jean Rey, a nurseryman at Toulouse, Haute Garonne, France, raised this peach from seed in 1859. Leroy combines Souvenir de Jean Rey with this variety but the two are apparently distinct. Fruit large, roundish-oval, with a shallow suture; skin clear yellow, washed with dark red; flesh greenish-white, red at the pit, juicy, with a sweet, vinous flavor; stone free; season the first of September.
Belle de Vitry. 1. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:36, 37, Pl. XXV. 1768. 2. Lindley Guide Orch. Gard. 244, 245. 1831. 3. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 472. 1845. 4. Leroy Dict. Pom. 6:61 fig., 62. 1879.
Bellis. 5. Miller Gard. Dict. 1752.
Beauty of Vitry. 6. Prince Pom. Man. 1:193. 1831.
Schöner von Vitry. 7. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 3:210. 1858.
According to Leroy this peach was raised more than two centuries ago at Vitry-sur-Seine, France, and was first mentioned by Merlet in 1675. Some writers have confused it with Admirable. Leaves glandless or with few globose glands; fruit of medium size, broad, with a deep suture; skin pale yellowish-white, tinged and marbled with bright and dull red; flesh greenish-yellow, red at the pit, firm, juicy, rich; quality good; stone free; season the last of September.
Bellegarde. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 6:62, 63 fig. 1879.
This name has been applied to another peach called Galande but the variety described by Leroy in this reference appears to be distinct. Fruit medium in size, roundish, compressed; skin covered with dark red in the sun; flesh whitish, juicy, sweet, with a pleasant flavor; stone free; ripens the first of September.
Bellows. 1. Langley Pomona 105, Pl. XXXI fig. V. 1729.
Bellows is a good bearer with fruit of fair quality. Color greenish-yellow, with a mottled blush; flesh white, with a trace of red at the pit; ripens the first of August.
Beltzar. 1. Mag. Hort. 13:110. 1847.
An early variety originating in Coshocton County, Ohio.
Beltzar Early Rareripe. 1. Mag. Hort. 13:110. 1847. 2. Elliott Fr. Book 291. 1854.