Billmeyer. 1. Mich. Sta. Sp. Bul. 44:30. 1910.
Billmeyer is a sprout from the stem of an old Crawford tree, raised by J. H. Billmeyer, Holloway, Michigan. Tree productive; fruit roundish-oblate, medium to large; cavity deep; skin thick, tough, with long pubescence, pale yellow, blushed with dark crimson; flesh yellow, stained with red at the stone, meaty, tender, juicy, sprightly; quality very good; stone oval, small, free; matures between the two Crawfords.
Bilyeu. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 21. 1897. 2. Budd-Hansen Am. Hort. Man. 2:338. 1903. 3. Waugh Am. Peach Orch. 199. 1913.
Bilyeu Comet. 4. Gard. Mon. 18:14, 27, 140, 141. 1876.
Bilyeu's October. 5. Fulton Peach Cult. 177. 1908.
This peach seems to have originated more than forty years ago as a chance seedling in Caroline County, Maryland, having been found and propagated by a Mr. Bilyeu. It was once quite popular in Maryland. Tree moderately productive, vigorous; fruit medium in size, round; skin greenish-white, with a red cheek; flesh white, firm, sweet; of fair quality; stone free; ripens very late.
Binney Large Red. 1. Thomas Guide Prat. 48. 1876.
Listed as having small flowers and globose glands.
Bird Beauty. 1. Ill. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 77. 1893.
Exhibited at the World's Fair in 1893, as having grown in Illinois.
Bishop. 1. Okla. Sta. Bul. 2:14. 1892. 2. U. S. D. A. Pom. Rpt. 41. 1895. 3. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 32. 1899. 4. Mich. Sta. Bul. 169:208. 1899.
Bishop Early. 5. Ohio Sta. Bul. 170:172. 1906. 6. Waugh Am. Peach Orch. 199. 1913.
According to Waugh, Bishop originated in California. Tree vigorous, hardy, productive; glands globose; fruit medium to large, round, with a distinct suture; color creamy-white, with a dark red blush; flesh white, juicy, tender, vinous; quality good; pit free; season the last of August.