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Bigarreau de I'Once. P. avium, i. Thomas Guide Prat. 20, 190. 1876. 2. Mas Pom. 

 Gen. 11:5, 6, fig. 3. 1882. 



It is thought that this variety originated in the vicinity of Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, 

 France. Fruit very large, elongated-cordate; suture distinct on one side, a colored line 

 on the other side; stem very long, slender; cavity deep, large; skin a clear cherry-red on 

 a yellow groimd; flesh yellowish, crisp, firm, sweet, refreshing, with abundant, uncolored 

 juice; quality good; pit large; season the first of July. 

 Bigarreau Pourpre. P. avium, i. Thomas Guide Prat. 20, 190. 1876. 



Gros Bigarreau pourpre. 2. Mortillet Le Cerisier 2:212, 215, 218. 1866. 



Tree vigorous; fruit large, roundish-cordate; skin deep reddish-brown; flesh firm, good; 

 ripens early in July. 

 Bigarreau Printanier d'Oullins. P. avium, i. Mas Pom. Gen. 11:159. 1882. 



Mentioned in this reference. 

 Bigarreau Reverchon. P. avium, i. Mortillet Le Cm5zVr 2:133. 1866. 2. Leroy Dz'rf. 

 Pom. 5:235 fig., 382. 1877. 3. Yi-ogg Fruit Man. 285. 1884. 



M. Paul Reverchon introduced this variety about 1855, into France from Italy, where 

 it had long been known about Florence as Bigarreau Papal. Tree vigorous, moderately 

 productive; fruit attached in ones or twos, large, obtuse-cordate, marked distinctly on 

 one side by the suture; stem thick, short, set in a prominent cavity; skin smooth, glossy, 

 tough, rose-yellow streaked with purple in the sun and with red in the shade; flesh light 

 red, crisp, fibrous, moderately juicy, rather sweet; pit small, ovoid, plump; season the 

 last of Jvme to the first of July. 

 Bigarreau Richelieu. P. avium, i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 5:235, 236 fig. 1877. 



This variety, says Leroy, was introduced into France from Nikita, Crimea, Russia, 

 about 1858. Fruit borne in pairs, large, elongated-cordate, with one side flattened; stem 

 long, inserted in a small mamelonated cavity; skin glossy, yellowish-amber, with a rose- 

 colored blush in the stin; flesh firm, breaking, filamentose, juicy, sweet, aromatic; first 

 quality; stone of medium size, elongated-cordate; ripens the last of June. 

 Bigarreau Rosa. P. avium i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 5:239 fig. 1877. 



Tree moderately productive; fruit usually borne in pairs, large, elongated-cordate, 

 faces flattened; suture wide, deep; stem long, rather stout, set in a wide cavity; skin 

 yellowish on rose-colored ground, amply washed with brilliant red on which are scattered 

 small, white dots; flesh yellowish-white, firm, compact, filamentose, juicy, uncolored, 

 rather sugary, acidulated, aromatic; second quality; pit large, turgid; ripens the last of 

 June. 

 Bigarreau Rose Dragon. P. avium. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 96. 1877. 



Reported by the Committee on Foreign Fruits in 1877 ^s worthy of trial but not 

 grown at present. Fruit large, pale yellow, with a red cheek; flesh firm, juicy, sweet, 

 good; season the middle of July. 

 Bigarreau de Schrecken. P. avium, i. Thomas Guide Prat. 20, 190. 1876. 



Schreckens Kirsche. 2. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 377. 1889. 



Tree vigorous, productive; fruit large, obtuse-cordate; brownish-black, glossy; flesh 

 moderately firm; first quality; matures in mid-June. 



