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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 Pom. Man. 2:112. 1832. 



White Heart. 9. Floy-Lindley Guide Orch. Gard. 107. 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; quality 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. 'Doc\m3.\A Fiihr.Obstkunde ^'.^2. 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 Obsthdume 160. 1791. 



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

 small. 



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

 Kirschensort. 545-548. 18 19. 



Grosse Morelle double? 3. Mas Pom. C^m. 11: 161. 1S82. 



Frviit 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, 9^, fig- 49- 1882. 



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

 sides vmevenly 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 



