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Gros Bigarreau Rond. P. avium, i. Mortillet Le CmsjVr 2:114, 208. 1866. 



Fruit large, even, roundish, though often larger and less flattened than Bigarreau 

 d'ltalie; stem medium in length; color becoming black; flesh red, firm, sweet, pleasing; 

 pit small and slightly elongated; ripens the last of May. 

 Gros Guindoul Hatif. P. cerasus. 1. Rev. Hort. 335. 1870-71. 



Tree large; fruit of first size, superior quality, large, dark red, juicy, sprightly; ripens 

 in Jime-July. 

 Grosse Blanche Carree. P. avium, i. Mag. Hort. 9:204. 1843. 



A firm, red, heart-shaped cherry of second size and quality, used principally for the 

 table, ripening in July. 



Grosse Bunte Herzkirsche. P. avium, i. Truchsess-Heim Kirschensort. 226, 227, 228. 

 1819. 



Weiss Herzkirsclie. 2. Christ Obstbdume 161. 1791. 



Grosse bunte Molkenkirsche. 3. Dochnahl Ftihr. Obstkunde 3: 2&. 1858. 



This cherrj- is distinguished from others of its class by its peculiar coloring. At one 

 time it was recommended because of its size, flavor, and length of season. Fruit large, 

 thick at the base, both sides compressed and marked by a sutvu-e; stem long, slender, set 

 in a shallow opening; groimd color a ding>' pale yellow more or less covered with red; flesh 

 tender, melting, pleasing; ripens at the end of June. 

 Grosse Friedrichskirsche. Species? i. DochnaM Fiihr. Obstkunde 3:2,9. 1838. 



Fruit large, compressed, roundish-cordate, pale yeUow, washed with crimson; flesh 

 slightly aromatic; ripens the end of June; productive. 



Grosse Glaskirsche. P. avium X P- cerasus. i. Krunitz Enc. 57, 58. 1790. 2. Christ 

 Worterb. 292. 1802. 3. Truchsess-Heim Kirschensort. 473-475. 1819. 



Grosse Cerise Transparente. 4. MortiUet Le Cemier 2: 172-175, fig. 1866. e,. Guide 

 Prat. 18, 190. 1895. 



Through an error which he later rectified, Truchsess described the Double Glass as 

 this variety. This cherr>' differs in ha\'ing a shorter stem, larger size and in ripening later. 

 Fruit very large, almost round, fiattened at the ends, depressed at the apex; stem stout, 

 short, inserted in a large cavity; skin glossy, becoming dark red; flesh pale yellowish, melt- 

 ing, juicy, mild yet with a piquant, pleasing sourness; stone roundish, turgid, clinging 

 to the flesh more than to the stem; ripens in August. 

 Grosse Gomballoise. P. avium, i. Mas Pow. Cew. 11:150, 151. 1S82. 



Bigarreau Grosse Gomballoise. 2. Guide Prat. 17. 1895. 



Fruit large to ver>' large, thickly cordate, often elongated, tnmcate at the ends; suttire 

 deep, but a colored line on one side; stem long, stout, set in a large, deep cavity; skin thick, 

 firm, intense ptu-ple changing to ahnost black; flesh purple, firm, juicy, sugary, vinous, 

 aromatic; pit of medium size; ripens at the end of June. 



Grosse Guigne Blanche. P. avium. 1. Truchsess-Heim Kirschensort. 258. 1819. 2. 

 Leroy Diet. Pom. 5:315, 316 fig. 1877. 



Guigne a gros fruit blanc. 3. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 1:161, PI. i fig. 3- 1/68. 



4. Mortillet Z^ Cmster 2:98, 99. 1S66. 

 Kleine weisse Friihkirsche. 5. Christ Worterb. 278. 1802. 



