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White French. Species? i. Pa. Fr. Gr. Soc. Rpt. 11. 188 1. 



Spoken of as doing well in Pennsylvania. 

 White French Guigne. P. avium, i. Barry Fr. Garden 323. 1851. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. 

 Cat. 74. 1862. 3. Garvin & Son Cat. 18. 1892. 



A distinct, rather large cherry listed in the fruit catalog of the American Pomological 

 Society for 1862. Tree vigorous, productive; fruit creamy-white; flesh tender, melting, 

 juicy, sweet; ripens the middle of July. 

 White Gean. P. avium, i. Land. Hort. Soc. Cat. 50. 183 1. 



Listed, not described. 

 White Hungarian Gean. P. avium. 1. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 50. 1S31. 



A tender-fleshed, obtuse-cordate cherry, amber in color, ripening in July; second 

 quality. 



White Mazzard. P. avium, i. Manning Book of Fruits iii. 1838. 2. Mag. Hort. 

 8:285. 1842. 3. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 171. 1845. 



White Mazzard originated with Robert Manning at Salem, Massachusetts, from 

 a seed of White Bigarreau. Downing considered it similar to Black Mazzard, except 

 in color. Tree handsome, upright in growth, productive; fruit of mediiim size, cordate, 

 of a cream color, with a bright red check; not of the finest flavor; ripens late. 

 White Spanish. P. avium, i. Parkinson Par. Ter. 572. 1629. 2. Krunitz Enc. 61, 

 62, 63. 1790. 3. Truchsess-Heim Kirschensort. 317-320. 1819. 4. ///. Handb. 

 127 fig., 128. i860. 



This variety and Yellow Spanish are much alike in appearance yet the best European 

 authorities consider them distinct. Tree healthy, not large, productive; friiit large, 

 roundish-cordate, somewhat compressed; stem long; cavity depressed on the ventral 

 side; color waxy yellow, streaked and dotted with red; flesh yellowish, firm, juicy, sweet, 

 pleasant; ripens late. 



White Tartarian. P. avium, i. Prince Pom. Man. 2:114. 1832. 2. Downing Fr. 

 Trees Am. 178. 1845. 3- Hogg Frwzi Maw. 315. 1884. 



Fraser's White Tartarian. 4. Forsyth Treat. Fr. Trees 43. 1803. 



A variety with this name was grown for many years in America which was finally 

 proved by William Prince to be a sub-variety of the White Heart. Tree vigorous, erect, 

 usually productive; fruit rather small, roundish, inclined to obtuse-cordate; stem long, 

 slender; skin transparent, pale yellow, approaching amber on the exposed cheek; flesh 

 whitish-yellow, nearly tender, juicy, pleasant, brisk subacid becoming sweet; very good 

 in quality; stone large, oval; season early. 

 White Transparent. Species? i. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 56. 1831. 



Mentioned in the reference given. 

 Wier's Seedlings. 



D. B. Wier, Lacon, Illinois, disseminated several seedlings which he selected from 

 a large number originated by him. 



Wier No. 2. P. cerasus. i. Rural N. Y. 49:453. 1890. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Sp. Rpt. 

 37. 1904-05. 



This cherry is said to be a seedling of Early Richmond but of the Morello type. Tree 



