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Cerise Rouge Pale. P. cerasus. i. Mas Le Verger 8:89, 90, fig. 43. 1866-73. 2. Leroy 

 Diet. Pom. 5:383, 384 fig., 385. 1877. 



Cerisier a Gros Fruit Rouge-pale. 3. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 1:182, 183, 184, PI. 9. 

 176S. 4. Kraft Pom. Aust. 1:5, Tab. 14 fig. i. 1792. 



Villennes. 5. Prince Pcwi. Man. 2: 140. 1832. 



Bleichrothe Glaskirsche. 6.111. Handb. 75 fig., 76. 1867. 



This cherry is of interest only because of its past. Of its origin no record can be foimd. 

 It is first mentioned by Duhamel, in 1768, under a somewhat longer name, " Cerisier k 

 Gros Fruit Rouge-pale," which many later writers have confused with Carnation. Tree 

 large, vigorous, productive; fruit large, romidish, flattened; stem long, thick; cavity 

 deep, broad; skin thin; color a clear, brilliant red growing darker as maturity advances; 

 flesh transparent, juicy, firm, tender, sweet, yet sprightly; of very good quality; season 

 late. 

 Cerise Rouge Sanguine. Species? i. Mas Pom. C^m. 11:160. 1882. 



Listed in this reference. 

 Cerise Royale Ordinaire. Species? i. Poiteau Pom. Franc. 2:No. 22, PI. 1846. 



This variety is known in Normandy as Cerise Musquee because of its slight musky 

 taste. Fruit small, sides compressed; skin red; flesh yellowish, juicy, sugary; quality fair. 

 Cerise de Soissons. P. cerasus. i. Lond. Hart. Soc. Cat. 55. 1831. 



Franzosiche Siissweichsel. 2. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstkunde 3:$!. 1858. 



Admirable de Soissons. 3. Downing Fr. Trees Am. ^'j 6. 1869. 



Cerise de Soissons is described as a Morello, medium to above in size, broadly cordate, 

 slightly compressed, with a slight suture; stem short; skin dark red; flesh red, tender, 

 juicy, brisk subacid; ripens the middle of July. 

 Cerise de Tierce. Species? i. Mas Pom. Gen. 11:160. 1882. 



Listed without a description. 

 Cerise de Xavier. P. cerasus. i. Mag. Hort. 17:363. 1851. 2. Elliott Fr. Book 215. 

 1854- 



A Morello cherry, first shown in 1851, by M. P. Wilder, Dorchester, Massachusetts. 

 Fruit medium in size, round, dark red, acid. 



Cerisier Commun a Fruit Rond. P. cerasus. i. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 1:172, 173. 

 1768. 2. Truchsess-Heim Kirschensort. 658, 659. 1819. 



Under this heading are grouped many wild cherries in France, grown from seeds, 

 whose trees, leaves and flowers vary as well as the size, taste and time of ripening of the 

 fruits. One of the best of these is grown around Paris, the fruit being small; stem long; 

 pit large; quality and flavor variable. 

 Ceriser Commun Pleureur. P. cerasus. i. Rev. Hort. 397. 1888. 



This cherry was found in a Sour Cherry plantation. It resembles Montmorency in 

 habit of growth and the Heart cherries in texture of flesh. The tree is used for ornamental 

 planting and its fruit for culinary purposes. Tree very productive, bushy, branches 

 inclined to droop; fruit large, oblong; stem long, inserted in a large cavity; skin glossy, dark 

 red; flesh rose-colored, transparent, sugary, juicy; pit of medium size, elongated-oval; 

 ripens early in June. 



