Blondeau. 1. Thomas Guide Prat. 48. 1876. 2. Soc. Nat. Hort. France Pom. 296 fig., 297. 1904.
Joseph Blondeau, Montrueil, Seine, France, introduced this variety about 1856. Tree moderately vigorous, very productive; glands globose; flowers small, deep red; fruit large, roundish; cavity large, deep; skin milky-white, purple where exposed; flesh milky-white, reddish around the pit, melting, sweet, aromatic; quality excellent; stone elliptical, plump, free; ripens late in September.
Blood Free. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 21. 1897.
Blood Freestone. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 601. 1869.
Indian Blood Freestone. 3. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 28. 1873. 4. Ga. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 25. 1876.
Blood Free was probably raised by John M. Ives, Salem, Massachusetts, and is distinct from Blood Cling in having its stone free. The American Pomological Society placed the variety in its list of fruits in 1873 as Indian Blood Freestone but in 1897 shortened the name to Blood Free. Tree vigorous, hardy; fruit of medium size, compressed; apex roundish; skin greenish-white overspread with splashes and stripes of dark red; flesh blood-red throughout, juicy, coarse, tough and meaty; quality fair; stone free; season very late.
Bloor. 1. Mich. Sta. Sp. Bul. 44:31. 1910.
Named after the originator, John Bloor, Mears, Michigan. Tree upright, exceptionally hardy in bud and branch; fruit resembles Kalamazoo with which it ripens but is superior to it.
Blush. 1. Del. Sta. Rpt. 13:92. 1901.
Beauty Blush. 2. Bailey Ann. Hort. 184. 1892.
A little known seedling from Chinese Cling raised by J.H. Jones, Herndon, Georgia. Fruit large, high-colored, melting, delicious; freestone; ripens in Georgia the last of June.
Bogg Leviathan. 1. W. N. Y. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 114. 1880.
Bogg Mammoth. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 161. 1881.
A very large peach of good quality, ripening three weeks later than Late Crawford, excellent for drying and canning. Raised by a Mr. Bogg, Bonham, Texas.