328 THE CHERRIES OF NEW YORK 



Transparent Guigne. P. avium, i. Forsyth Treat. Fr. Trees 45. 1803. 2. Prince Fom. 

 Man. 2:119. 1S32. 3. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 177. 1845. 



Jahns Durchsichtige. 4. 111. Handb. 143 fig., 144. i860. 



Transparent de Jalin. 5. Mas Le Verger 8:65, 66, fig. 31. 1S66-73. 



This is a European cherry formerly grown to some extent in America. Tree moder- 

 ately vigorous, erect at first; fruit small, borne in pairs, regular, oval-cordate; stem rather 

 long, inserted in a narrow cavity; suture a wide, dark line; skin thin, glossy, pellucid, 

 showing the stone, yellowish-white, blotched with fine red; flesh yellowish- white, with 

 a reddish cast, tender, juicy, aromatic; stone medium in size, oval, free; ripens late in 

 June. 

 Transparente de Meylan. P. cerasus. i. Thomas Guide Prat. 28. 1876. 



Fruit large, round, transparent; flesh delicate, fine, acid at first becoming sugary; 

 ripens at the end of May. 

 Transparente de Rivers. P. ammn. i. Thomas Guide Prat, ij, 207. 1876. 



This is an English variety introduced into France about 1S65. Fruit large, spherical, 

 depressed, with a spotted rose-carmine color; flesh firm, juicy, sugary, slightly acidulated; 

 first quality; ripens early in July. 



Transparente de Siebenfreund. Species? i. Thomas Guide Prat. 28. 1876. 2. Guide 

 Prat. II. 1895. 



A large, beautiful cherry ripening the last of June from M. Siebenfreund, a druggist 

 at Tyrnau, northwestern Hungary. 

 Triomphe de Fausin. Species? 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 11:162. 1882. 



Listed in the reference given. 

 Troprichters Schwarze Knorpelkirsche. P. avium, i. Truchsess-Heim Kirschensort. 206, 

 676, 677. 1819. 



Guigne Troprichtz. 2. Leroy Diet. Pom. 5:340, 341 fig. 1877. 



An old German variety. Fruit large, roundish-oval; skin clear red becoming more 

 intense; flesh juicy, sweet, aromatic; of good quality; ripens early in June. 

 Truchsess Schwarze Herzkirsche. P. avium, i. Mathieu Norn. Pom. 380. 1889. 



Listed but not described. 

 Tubbs. P. cerasus. i. la. Sta. Bui. 73:86. 1903. 



Tubbs originated in Iowa City, Iowa. Fruit of medium size, oblate, slightly cordate; 

 stem long, rather stout, inserted in a deep, narrow opening; suture very indistinct; apex 

 convex; skin thick, dark red; flesh colored, crisp, meaty, slightly acid, juicy; quality very 

 good; stone small, round; ripens late in Jime. 



Tiirkine. P. avium, i. Christ Handb. 667. 1797. 2. Truchsess-Heim Kirschensort. 

 265-267. 1819. 3. ///. Handb. 109 fig., no. i860. 



Christ once labeled the Flamentiner, Tiirkine, which has given rise to some con- 

 fusion. The true Tiirkine was sent out by Sello as Runde Weisse Spate Kirsche. Tree 

 not very vigorous or productive; fruit of medium size, very broad, cordate; suture 

 indistinct; stem long, slender; cavity variable; skin spotted with red and yellow; flesh 

 softer than most Hearts, white, juicy; quality very good; stone plump, roimdish; ripens 

 late in July. 



