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depression; skin bright red; flesh yellowish, tender, very juicy, tart; quality good; season 

 the middle of July. 



Griotte Acher. P. cerasus. i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 5:275 fig., 276. 1877. 2. Mas Pom. 

 Gen. 11:67, 68, fig. 34. 1882. 3. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 482. 1904. 



Griotte Double. 4. Knoop Fructologie 2:35,38,39. 1771. 



Acker's Weichsel. 5. Mathieu Nam. Pom. 332. 1889. 



The origin of Griotte Acher is not known but it may have sprung up by chance in Hol- 

 land a century and a half ago. Tree medium in growth, productive; fruit usually borne in 

 pairs, medium to large, flattened heart-shaped with truncate sides; cavity narrow; suture 

 distinct; stem variable, usually long, medium thick; skin rather firm, vivid purple shading 

 to almost purplish-black; flesh tender, slightly stringy, reddish-purple, medium sweet, 

 somewhat pleasing because of a shght tart, acid flavor, with abundant, violet juice; stone 

 medium in size, ovoid, triuicate at the base, turgid; ripens the last of July and the first 

 of August. 

 Griotte de Biittner. P. cerasus. i. Am. Gard. 9:264. 1888. 



A dwarf sort that blossoms and ripens late; much like Imperial Morello. 

 Griotte Commune. P. cerasus. i. Noisette Maw. Cow^. /arii. 2:508. i860. 2. Thomas 

 Guide Prat. 26, 194. 1876. 3. Leroy Diet. Pom. 5:282 fig., 283. 1877. 



Griotte. 4. Duhamel Trait Arb. Fr. 1:187-189, PI. XII. 1768. 5. Truchsess-Heim 

 Kirschensort. 431, 432. 1819. 



Griotte simple. 6. Knoop Fructologie 2:36, 39. 1771. 



Griottier Weichselbaum. 7. Kraft Pom. Aust. 1:6, Tab. 15 fig. 2. 1792. 



Common French Griotte. 8. Prince Pom. Man. 2:148. 1832. 



Gemeine Siissweichsel. 9. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstkunde 3:49. 1858. 



Cerise Commune. 10. Mortillet Le Cerisier 2:146 fig., 147, 148, 220. 1866. 



The origin of this variety is imknown but according to French writers it was brought 

 from Syria by the Crusaders about 1485. Tree large, productive; fruit medium in size, 

 usually borne in pairs, distinguished from others of its class by its firm flesh, its black 

 skin, and its colored juice, oblate, flattened at the base; suture slight; stem long, rather 

 stout, set in a broad, shallow cavity; skin thin, glossy, dark red, changing to black; flesh 

 colored, firm, vinous, aromatic, juicy; first quality; pit small, turgid, round; ripens the 

 first of July. 



Griotte Douce Precoce. P. cerasus. i. Knoop Fructologie 2:35, 39. 1771. 2. Thomas 

 Guide Prat. 21, 194. 1876. 3. Del. Sta. An. Rpt. 12:118. 1900. 



Siisse Friihweichsel. 4. Liegel Syst. Anleit. 170. 1825. 5. ///. Handb. 183 fig., 184. 

 i860. 



Liegel's Siisse Friihweichsel. 6. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstkunde 3:58. 1858. 



This variety is often confused with Siisse Friihweichsel. The two are distinct, how- 

 ever, in that the latter has light colored flesh while the former is a dark fleshed sort. Tree 

 vigorous, drooping, productive; fnoit often borne in twos or threes, of medium size, roundish, 

 compressed; suture shallow; stem rather slender, variable, medium to above in length, 

 inserted in a narrow, shallow cavity; skin dark brownish-red changing to reddish-black; 

 fiesh tender, dark red, juicy, subacid, becoming milder at maturity; stone small, roundish; 

 ripens the forepart of June. 



