Bilona. Triflora ×?
Bilona, as yet unintroduced, originated with H. A. Biles, Roanoke, Texas, and is thought by F. T. Ramsey of Austin, Texas, to be a seedling of Chabot probably crossed with some native variety. Tree resembles Chabot; fruit red, coloring long before ripe; quality said to be very good.
Bingham. Domestica. 1. Prince Treat. Hort. 27. 1828. 2. Prince Pom. Man. 2:101. 1832. 3. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 272. 1845. 4. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 87. 1854. 5. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 422. 1889.
Bingham’s Pflaume 5.
Originated in Pennsylvania. Fruit large, oval, yellow, occasionally with carmine dots on the sunny exposure; suture distinct; cavity narrow and deep; flesh yellowish, juicy, pleasant; good; clingstone; early; at one time highly esteemed.
Biondeck. Domestica. 1. Koch Deut. Obst. 572. 1876. 2. Lauche Deut. Pom. 10, Pl. IV. 1882. 3. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 422. 1889.
Biondeck’s Frühzwetsche 1, 2, 3. Biondeck’s rothe Frühzwetsche 2. Biondeck’s Rote Früh Zwetsche 3. Précoce Biondeck 3. Quetsche Précoce de Biondeck 3.
Liegel produced this variety from a seed of Early Yellow and named it after his friend Biondeck, of Baden, near Vienna. Tree large, productive; fruit oval, medium, light red; flesh yellowish, sweet, highly flavored; freestone; early; considered valuable for drying.
Birchland. Americana. 1. Can. Exp. Farm Bul. 2d Ser. 3:49. 1900.
A variety from Minnesota reported as unsatisfactory in British Columbia.