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cavity deep; color dark red; flesh yellowish, tender, juicy, acidulated; stone small, nearly 



round; ripens from the middle to the end of June. 



Spanish Griotte. P. avium X P. cerasus. i. Prince Pom. Man. 2:136. 1832. 



Prince believed tliis variety to be a sub-variety of Arch Duke which it resembles. 

 The fruit is larger than the Arch Duke, oblong, somewhat flattened along the sides; stem 

 very large, of medium length; skin brownish-red approaching black; flesh red, firm, 

 slightly melting, sweet; ripens at the beginning of July. 

 Spatbliihende Glaskirsche. P. cerasus. 1. Christ Handb. 683. 1797. 



Weichselbaum mit gelb, weiss, und rothlich marmorirte Frucht. 2. Kraft Pom. Avist. 

 1:7, Tab 17 fig. 2. 1792. 3. Truchsess-Heim Kirschensort. 477-479, 690. 1819. 



Fruit of medium size; stem long, slender; color red; flesh pleasingly subacid; ripens 

 the middle of July; blooms very late. 



Spate Maulbeerkirsche. P. avium, i. Christ Worterb. 276. 1802. 2. ///. Handb. 75 

 fig., 76. i860. 



Spate Maulbeerherzkirsche. 3. Truchsess-Heim Kirschensort. 135-140. 1819. 



Guigne mure de Paris. 4. Mortillet Le Cerisier 2:83, 207. 1866. 



Tree vigorous, with a broad crown, productive; fruit variable in size, flattened some- 

 what squarely; stem long, stout, straight; cavity wide, shallow; skin tough, black, rather 

 dull; flesh tender, reddish-black, with abimdant, colored juice, sweet with a piquant sour- 

 ness; pit round; season the last of July. 

 Spate Rote Knorpelkirsche. P. avium. 1. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 378. 1889. 



Listed without a description. 

 Spate Schwarze Forellenkirsche. P. cerasus. 1. Christ Worterb. 291. 1802. 2. Truch- 

 sess-Heim Kirschensort. 605, 606. 1819. 



This variety was found in Bernburg, Anhalt, Germany. Tree medium in height, 

 with branches drooping; fruit large, dark brownish-red; very sour; stone very long; ripens 

 in September with a few fruits remaining until October. 

 Spate Schwarze Knorpelkirsche. P. avium, i. ///. Handb. 43 fig., 44. 1867. 



Fruit very large, roundish, flattened, angular; suture but a line; stem rather long; 

 cavity shallow; skin glossy, dark red, becoming black, streaked; flesh dark red, firm, sweet, 

 aromatic, with a slight bitterness; stone oval; ripens in late August. 

 Spate Schwarze Spanische Herzkirsche. P. avium, i. Christ Handb. 664. 1797. 

 2. Truchsess-Heim Kirschensort. 152, 153. 1819. 



This variety is distinguished from aU others of its class by its soft, tender stone; it 

 differs from the Soft-stone Cherry in shape. Fruit elongated, tapering-cordate; skin glossy, 

 dark brown, changing to black; flesh tender, dark red, juicy, aromatic; stone medium 

 in size, flattened, often abortive, with a thin covering over the kernel easily broken by 

 the hand; ripens in late August. 



Speckkirsche. P. cerasus. i. Christ Handb. 665. 1797. 2. Truchsess-Heim Kirschen- 

 sort. 287-289. 1819. 



Cerise Graisseuse. 3. Mortillet Le Cerisier 2:303. 1866. 



Cerise Lard. 4. Mas Pom. Gen. 11:81, 82, fig. 41. 1882. 



This cherry is sometimes mistaken for Corone. It differs from other Bigarreaus 



