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Guigne Blanche. 6. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 51. 1831. 7. Pom. France 7: No. 20, PI. 

 20. 1871. 



Early White Guigne. 8. Prince Pow. Maw. 2:112. 1832. 



White Heart, g. Floy-Lindley Guide Orch. Gard. loj . 1846. 



An old variety, probably of French origin, which, according to Leroy, was described by 

 Merlet in 1667. Fruit large, attached in pairs, cordate, slightly elongated; stem medium 

 in length, set in a wide cavity; skin dull yellow, tinged and mottled with dull red; flesh 

 whitish, tender, juicy, slightly acidulated; quaUty fair, insipid in wet seasons; stone large, 

 ovoid, clinging; ripens the last of June. 



Grosse Guigne Noire a Court Pedicelle. P. avium, i. Noisette Man. Comp. Jard. 

 2:503. i860. 



Guignier a Gros Fruit Noir et Court Pedoncule. 2. Pom. France 7: No. 28, PI. 28. 

 1871. 



An old variety of uncertain origin. Fruit large, roundish-cordate; suture broad; 

 stem short, set in a narrow, shallow cavity ; skin tender but firm, beautiful black at matu- 

 rity; flesh soft, juicy, agreeable; quality good; stone of medium size, oval, reddish; ripens 

 the last of June. 

 Grosse Hockerige Marmorkirsche. P. avium, i. Dochnahl Fuhr.Obstkunde 3:42. 1858. 



Fruit very large, uneven, roughened, dark red; flesh hard, rather sweet; ripens at the 

 end of July; not very productive. 

 Grosse Mogulkirsche. P. avium, i. Christ Obstbdume 160. 1791. 



Fruit large, cordate, red, dotted here and there with white; flesh mild; excellent; pit 

 small. 



Grosse Morelle. P. cerasus. 1. Christ Worterb. 284. 1802. 2. Truchsess-Heim 

 Kirschensort. 545-548. 1819. 



Grosse Morelle double! 3. Mas Pow. G"eM. 11:161. 1882. 



Fruit large, globular; stem medium in length, slender, set in a smooth cavity; skin 

 glossy, smooth, inky -black; flesh blood-red, veined, juicy, wine-sour, not unpleasant; 

 stone of medium size, blood-red; ripens from the end of June to July; often dried. 

 Grosse Nonnenkirsche. P. cerasus. i. Christ Worterb. 287. 1802. 2. Truchsess-Heim 

 Kirschensort. 517, 518, 519. 1819. 



Varrenne, De. 3. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 56. 183 1. 



Grosse Cerise des Religieuses. 4. Mas Pom. Gen. 11:97, 98. fig- 49- 1882. 



Probably of French origin. Tree moderately productive; fruit of medium size, round, 

 sides tmevenly compressed, with a shallow suture; stem long, set in a wide cavity; skin 

 brownish-black, glossy; flesh tender, colored, juicy, subacid; stone small, very broad, 

 clinging to the stem; ripens the middle of July. 

 Grosse Picarde. P. cerasus. 



The United States Department of Agriculture received this variety from F. Jamin, 

 Bourg-la-Reine, France, in 1905, after which trees were sent to this Station for testing. 

 Tree vigorous, rapid in growth; fruit of the Montmorency type, above medium in size, 

 roundish-cordate, slightly compressed; cavity intermediate in depth and width, abrupt; 

 suture a line; apex roundish; stem slender, long; skin moderately thick, tough, separating 



