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Guigne Noire de Monstreux. P. avium. 1. Thomas Guide Prat. 24. 1876. 



Described by M. M. V^rilhac, nurseryman at Annonay, France, as a large, good, 

 productive cherry ripening the first part of June. 

 Guigne Nouvelle Espece. P. avium, i. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 51. 1831. 



Mentioned in the reference given. 

 Guigne Olive. P. avium, i. Mortillet Le Cerisier 2:79, 80 fig., 81, 220. 1866. 



Fruit large, elongated-oval, more pointed at the cavity; suture wide; stem long, slender, 

 set in a shghtly deep, abrupt cavity; skin at first rose-colored, marbled with red changing 

 to almost black; flesh tender, colored, agreeably acid, with a slight bitterness; pit very 

 large, oval, resembling the pit of an olive; ripens at the beginning of July. 

 Guigne Petite Blanche. P. avium. 1. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 51. 1831. 



Mentioned in the reference given. 

 Guigne Petite Rouge. P. avium. 1. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 51. 1831. 



Listed in this reference. 

 Guigne la Plus Hative. P. avium, i. Mortillet Le CemtVr 2:51-54, fig. 1866. 



Guigne marhree precoce. 2. Mas L(? Verger i:i\<„ 116, fig. 56. 1866-73. 



Guigne d" Annonay . 3. ThomSiS Guide Prat. 15, 197. 1876. 



Fruit of medium size, cordate, often slightly elongated; skin thin, mottled with red 

 changing to almost black; stem moderately slender, set in a rather deep, wide cavity; 

 flesh purplish, tender, juicy, agreeably acidulated; pit small, ovoid; ripens the last of May. 

 Guigne Precoce Leo d'Ounons. P. avium. 1. Rev. Hort. 65. 1881. 



This variety was found in an orchard near Vigne, France. The fruit is large and 

 sweet with an agreeably aromatic juice; ripens the first half of June. 

 Guigne Precoce de Mathere. P. avium, i. Thomas Guide Prat. 2y. 1876. 



Early Mathere. 2. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 416. 1899. 



Tree vigorous; friut of medium size, roundish-oval; stem short; skin red; flesh yellow- 

 ish-red, juicy, sweet; stone small, clinging; early. 

 Guigne Precoce Ponctuee. P. avium, i. Mortillet Le Cerisier 2:208. 1866. 



A variegated cherry with uncolored juice, mentioned by Mortillet. 

 Guigne de Provence. P. avium, i. Thomas Guide Prat. 18. 1876. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 

 11:152. 1882. 3. Guide Prat. 18. 1S95. 



Although very similar to Transparente de Coe, according to Guide Pratique, 1895, 

 Guigne de Provence is a distinct variety. Tree vigorous, productive; fruit of medium 

 size, obtuse-cordate; skin reddish-carmine; flesh rather firm, sweet; first quality; matvu^es 

 the last half of Jtone. 



Guigne Ramon Oliva. P. avium, i. Rev. Hort. 355. 1S88. 2. Soc. Nat. Hort. France 

 Pom. 112 fig., 113. 1904. 



A chance seedling noticed first by M. Charoze, horticulturist, at Pyramide-Trelaz^, 

 near Angers, France. Tree vigorous, productive; fruit large, usually borne in twos or threes, 

 rotmdish-cordate; suture indistinct; stem long; color brownish-black, glossy; flesh fine, 

 juicy, sweet; pit large, oval; ripens early in June. 

 Guigne Rose Hative. P. avium. 1. Thomas Guide Prat. 24, 199. 1876. 



Kleine Jriihe rothe Herzkirsche. 2. Truchsess-Heim Kirschensori. 164. 1819. 



