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This is one of Budd's importations of 1883, according to the third reference. It is 

 often confused with the Boquet Amarelle of the French. The fruit resembles Early 

 Riclimond in size, shape, season and color, differing only in its flesh being more firm, its 

 pit smaller, and the tree less productive; of no value commercially. 

 Boreatton. P. avium, i. Land. Hort. Soc. Cat. 47. 1831. 2. Elliott Fr. Book 215. 



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A smaU, roundish-cordate, nearly black Sweet Cherry, with half -tender flesh; poor 

 quality; ripens in mid- July. 

 Boughton Early Black Duke. P. avium K P. cerasus. i. Loud. Hort. Soc. Cat. 41 . 1831. 



Mentioned in the reference given. 

 Boulebonner Kirsche. P. avium i. ///. Handb. 47 fig., 48. 1867. 



Bigarreaii Hatif Boulbon. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 11:103, 104, fig. 52. 1882. 



This cherry was introduced into Belgium from France some years previous to 1867. 

 Tree not vigorous, but productive; fruit large, broadly cordate, variable in size and form, 

 sides compressed; suture distinct, deepest near the cavity; apex slightly depressed; stem 

 slender, usually long, set in a wide, shallow cavity; skin a glossy, rose-red color with 

 a yellowish tinge, dotted and streaked with clear blood-red and washed with dark pur- 

 plish-red; flesh yeUowish-white, reddish-white under the skin, firm, juicy, rich, pleasing; 

 stone large, oval, somewhat flattened, with a short point; partially clinging; ripens the 

 last of June and, according to Oberdieck, hangs during wet seasons without cracking. 

 Bount Dantzic. Species? i. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 47. 183 1. 



Mentioned in the reference given. 

 Bouquet-Herzkirsche. P. avium, i. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstkunde 3:23. 1858. 2. ///. 

 Handb. 7 fig., 8. 1867. 



The tree of this variety has the growth of a Sweet Cherry with small, black. Heart 

 fruits borne like the cluster cherries, one, two, three and four on the stem. The single 

 fruits are roundish-cordate, with flattened ends while the double and triple fruits are more 

 narrow and elongated; the fruit matures unevenly, having green, red and black fruits at 

 the same time; pit roundish-oval, slightly pointed at the base, somewhat larger in the 

 double fniits. 



Bouquetweichsel. P. cerasus. i. Christ Worterb. 291. 1802. 2. Truchsess-Heim 

 Kirschensort. 519, 520, 521. 1819. 



This cherry was received by Truchsess in 1796 from Mayer imder the name Bouquet- 

 kirsche. Many of the flowers have six, seven, eight, and occasionally as high as twelve 

 petals, with two or three pistils. Fruit usually very small, attached to a long, stiff, 

 woody stem shallowly inserted; round, flattened beneath; suture shallow; flesh and juice 

 reddish-black, with a bitterish-sour flavor, which it loses if allowed to remain on the tree; 

 pit of medium size. 

 Boussieuer Knorpelkirsche. P. avium, i. Proskauer Obstsort. 55. 1907. 



A variegated Sweet Cherry. 

 Bowers' Seedlings. P. cerasus. i. la. Sta. Bui. 73:64. 1903. 



Three seedlings originated with John Bowers, Sigoumey, Iowa. No. i . — Fruit 

 medium, dark red; juice colorless; quality fair. No. 2. — Tree hardy; bears regularly; 



