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LATE BIGARREAU. 



Raised by Prof. Kirtland in 1842, on a 

 gravelly soil. Tree, vigorous, shoots stout, 

 not rampant, forms a round regular head ; 

 flowers, open, abundant, very productive. 



Fruit, large, obtuse heart shape, occasion 

 ally a little angular and with a deep broad in 

 denture at the apex ; color, a rich yellow 

 ground, with a bright red cheek, frequently 

 the red covers nearly the whole surface 

 occasionally it is blotched or mottled ; suture, 

 shallow, half round, marked with a line on op 

 posite side ; flesh, with distinct radiating lines, 

 yellowish, nearly firm, juicy, sweet, and of 

 agreeable flavor ; pit, small, round, regular; 

 stalk, one-and-a-half inch long, inserted in a 

 broad open depression. Season, 4th to 12th 

 July. 



LARGE HEART SHAPED. 



Bigarreau Gaubalis, 

 Black Bigarreau of Savoy, 

 Bigarreau gros Couret, 

 Bigarreau de Lyon, 

 Guigne Noire luisante, 

 Great Bigarreau ? 



Monstreuse de Mezel, 



New Large Black Bigarreau, 



Bigarreau gros Monstreux, 



Gros Couret, 



Large Heart Shaped Bigarreau, 



Ward s Bigarreau. 



This variety, originally from France, we have received from 

 different sources, and fruited the past two 

 years under most of the synonymes given. 

 We are also under the impression that the 

 &quot; Great Bigarreau,&quot; noticed by Mr. Downing 

 in the Horticulturist for 1851, will yet prove 

 identical; but we cannot yet speak confidently. 

 The tree is a strong, vigorous grower, with 

 large foliage. Its productive habit, fine flesh, 

 and large size of fruit, render it very desirable 

 as a market variety ; while its want of deli 

 cacy and flavor unfit it for grounds of those 

 who grow only for private use. 



Fruit, very large, roundish, heart shape, 

 occasionally obtuse, dark shining red, becom 

 ing, when fully ripe, dark purplish black ; sur 

 face, very uneven ; flesh, reddish purple, coarse 

 tissue, with a distinct dark line one side next 

 the pit, not very juicy and lacking in high fla 

 vor ; pit, large, oval ; stem, varying, inserted 

 in a shallow depression. Season, 4th to 10th July. 



