Betterave. Domestica. 1. Noisette Man. Comp. Jard. 2:496. 1860.
Tree large and vigorous; fruit large, round, pale yellow, juicy, not pleasant.
Beztercser Grosse Zwetsche. Domestica. 1. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 422. 1889. 2. Guide Prat. 163, 352. 1895.
Mentioned in the preceding references; said to resemble Washington.
Biconical. Triflora ×? 1. Vt. Sta. An. Rpt. 14:270. 1901.
A cross between Abundance and “a Chicasaw,” originating with A. L. Bruce, Texas. Leaves Triflora-like with peculiar double, crenulate, glandular margins. Fruit conical, of medium size; cavity shallow; suture faint; skin thin; bright red; bloom moderate; flesh soft, yellow, subacid; quality fair; stone medium in size, round-oval, clinging.
Biery. Triflora. 1. U. S. D. A. Pom. Rpt. 45. 1895.
Received from California by J. J. Biery, Covington, Louisiana, wrongly labeled Long Fruit. Fruit spherical, medium in size; cavity deep; suture indistinct; color yellow, blushed with red, patched with russet and with minute, russet dots, skin thin, separating easily from the tender, juicy, yellow flesh; good; stone medium in size, oval, clinging; early.
Big Rose. Domestica. 1. U. S. D. A. Div. Pom. Bul. 10:21. 1901.
A variety of English origin introduced into Oregon about 1900.