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Rostraver Bigarreau. P. avium. 1. Card. Mon. 28:240, 241. 1886. 



This variety was introduced in 1887, by the originators, John R. and A. Murdoch, 

 Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. The trees, as grown on the Station grounds, are vigorous, 

 moderately spreading; fruit large, blunt heart-shaped; suture indistinct; stem long, set 

 in a large, deep cavity; skin thin, tough, rich yellow, mottled with red, similar to Napoleon; 

 flesh meaty, firm, white, sweet, moderately juicy; season the middle of July. 

 Rothe Glanzkirsche. Species? 1. Truchsess-Kekn Kirschensort. 490-492, 689. 1819. 



Fruit of medium size, roundish-oblate; suture distinct; stem slender, of medium length, 

 set in a shallow cavity; color clear red mixed with darker red, glossy; flesh tender, wlute, 

 fibrous; excellent; stone large, oval, smooth; ripens from the end of June to the middle of 



July. 



Rothe Herzkirsche. P. avium. 1. Krimitz Enc. 58, 59. 1790. 2. Truchsess-Heim 



Kirschensort. 437, 438, 439. 1819. 



Herzfdrmige Sussweichscl. 3. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstkunde 3:48. 1858. 



Fruit of medium size, obtuse-cordate; suture indistinct; skin clear red changing to 

 darker red, thin, tough; stem medium in length, set in a deep, narrow cavity; flesh tender, 

 red near the stone, fibrous, vinous; stone broadly oblong, clinging to the flesh; ripens at 

 the beginning of July. 

 Rothe Maiknorpelkirsche. P. avium, i. Truchsess-Heim Kirschensort. 286, 287. 1819. 



Fruit medium in size, roundish-cordate, compressed on both sides; suture distinct; stem 



rather long; cavity shallow; color wholly red on a yellow grotmd ; flesh yellowish-white, rather 



tender, pleasing; excellent; stone large, cordate, plump; ripens at the beginning of June. 



Rothe Molkenkirsche. P. avium, i. Christ Handb. 667. 1797. 2. Truchsess-Heim 



Kirschensort. 229-233. 1819. 



Cerise de petit-lait rouge. 3. Mortillet Le Cerisier 2:302. 1866. 



Christ grew this variety from seed at Kronberg, Prussia, Germany. Tree productive; 

 fruit of meditimsize, flattened at the ends and sides; ventral suture distinct; stem rather 

 long; cavity shallow; skin thin, glossy, overspread with Hght red, darker in the sun; flesh 

 tender, light yellow, juicy, bitter before ripe, sweet when mature; stone roundish, free, 

 tinged with red along the suture; ripens with Black Tartarian. 

 Rothe Soodkirsche. P. ccrasus. i. Christ Worterb. 294. 1802. 



Soodamarelle. 2. Truchsess-Heim Kirschensort. 632-634. 1819. 3. Thomas Guide 

 Prat. 27, 206. 1876. 



The fruit is borne in twos and threes, below medium in size, roundish, compressed on 

 one side; apex shallow; stem long; color dull blood red, lighter near the suture; flesh melting, 

 dull yellow; jvdce reddish, abundant, tart; stone small, broad, free. 

 Rouaanse Kirsche. P. avium, i. Truchsess-Heim Kirschensort. 340. 1819. 



A Heart cherry, clear, light red spotted with red in color; flesh firm. 

 Rouge Pale Tardive. Species? i. Land. Hort. Soc. Cat. 55. 183 1. 



Listed without a description. 

 Rouge des Vosges. P. cerasus. i. Mas Le Verger 8: loy, 108, fig. 52. 1866-73. 2. Soc. 

 Nat. Hort. France Pom. 100 fig., loi. 1904. 



Cidtivated in the region of Fougerolle, Haute-Saone, France, as the Noire des Vosges 



