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Bigarreau Strie. P. avium, i. MoTiillet Le Cerisier 2:114, 115, 208. 1866. 



Fniit large, elongated-cordate, faces compressed; sutiire wide; stem short, rather 

 stout; skin many shades of red and purple on a rose-colored ground with flesh-colored 

 spots; fiesh reddish, firm, crisp, sweet; juice slightly colored; quality fair; stone small; 

 season early; deteriorates rapidly. 

 Bigarreau de Trie. P. avium, i. Cat. Cong. Pom. France 13. 1887. 



Origin unknown, but rather widely cultivated around Trie, Hautes-Pryenees, France. 

 Tree vigorous; fruit of medium size, roundish, compressed, slightly cordate; stem long, 

 slender; skin tough, deep red, transparent, with a slight blush of amber; flesh whitish- 

 yellow, very firm, juicy, uncolored, sugary, aromatic; good; season early July. 

 Bigarreau a Trochets. P. avium, i. Thomas Guide Prat. 22. 1876. 



An extremely productive variety distributed in some parts of France; fruit large, 

 red; flesh brittle; ripens in late June. 

 Bigarreau Turca. P. avium, i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 5:247, 248 fig. 1877. 



This old cherry was described in 1785 as Heaume Rouge but was found in 1862 by 

 Leroy in Florence, Italy, as Bigarreau Turca by which name it was well known. It is 

 probably not of Turkish origin as the name would indicate. Fruit often borne in pairs, 

 large, obtuse-cordate ; suture noticeable but not deep ; stem short ; cavity spacious ; color deep 

 red, lightly spotted with gray; flesh rather firm, fibrous, mottled with light red becom- 

 ing darker near the pit, juicy, sweet, sprightly; pit large, ovoid, plump; ripens late in June. 

 Bigarreau de Walpurgis. P. avium, i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 5:250 fig. 1877. 



St. Walpurgiskirsche. 2. Dochnahl Fw/tr. 06rffeMM<fe 3:35. 1858. 



Walpurgiskirsche. 3. III. Handb. 41 fig., 42. 1867. 



Cerise Walpurgis. 4. Mas Le VVrger 8:157, iS8> %• 77- 1866-73. 



This variety is a seedling from the village of Walpurgisburg, near Cologne, Germany, 

 originating about 1845. Tree vigorous, productive; fruit attached in pairs, very large, 

 roundish-cordate, compressed; suture shallow, extending entirely around the fruit; stem 

 slender, rather long; cavity wide, shallow, sides only slightly raised; skin firm, adherent, 

 glossy, dark cherry-red changing to almost black; flesh firm, dark red, juicy, aromatic, 

 vinous; pit of medium size, oval, dark red; ripens late in July. 

 Bigeirreau de Zeisberg. P. avium, i. Thomas Guide Prat. 20, 190. 1876. 



Zcisbergische Kirsche. 2. III. Handb. 31 fig., 32. 1867. 



Cerise de Zeisberg. 3. Mas Porn. Gen. 11:35, 36, fig- 18. 1882. 



Oberdieck received this variety, which bears the name of its originator, from Hanover, 

 Prussia, Germany, in 1857. Fruit very large, obtuse-cordate; suture wide, flat on the 

 dorsal side, extending slightly beyond the apex; stem long, rather slender, set in a flaring 

 cavity; skin glossy, brownish-black, later becoming black, adhering to the pulp; flesh 

 firm, dark red, juicy, pleasant, with an aromatic sweetness when mature; season the last 

 of June. 

 Bigarreau Zschedowitzer Schwarze. P. avium. 1. Thomas Guide Prat. 23. 1876. 



Listed in the reference given. 

 Bigarreautier a Petit Fruit Noir. P. avium, i. Noisette Mom. Cow^. yarJ. 2:503. i860. 



A mediocre but productive cherry ripening in August. 



