280 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



Belcher's Black. See Corone. 



BELLE AGATHE (Autumn Bigarreau). Fruit, small, produced 

 in clusters ; heart-shaped, with a shallow but well-defined suture on 

 one side of it. Skin, dark crimson, with minute yellow mottles over 

 it. Stalk, an inch and a half to an inch and three-quarters long. 

 Flesh, yellowish, firm, sweet, and very nicely flavoured. Juice, pale. 



This is a small Bigarreau, which hangs on the tree as late as the 

 first week in October ; and neither birds nor wasps touch it. 



Belle Audigeoise. See Heine Hortense. 

 Belle de Bavay. See Heine Hortense. 

 Belle de Chatenay. See Belle Magnifique. 



BELLE DE CHOISY (Griottier de Choisy ; Griottier de Palembre ; 

 Cerise Doucette; Dauphine ; Dauphine de Palembre; Schone von 

 Choisy ; Ambree; Ambree de Choisy; Ambree a Gros fruit). Fruit, 

 generally produced in pairs ; large, round, slightly flattened at the 

 base and the apex, as well as on the side, which is marked with 

 an incipient suture. Skin, transparent, so much so as to show the 

 texture of the flesh, of a beautiful amber colour, mottled with red, 

 particularly where it is exposed to the sun, and becoming more so the 

 longer it hangs. Stalk, from an inch and a half to two inches long, 

 stout, and placed in a flat depression. Flesh, amber-coloured, tender, 

 and very juicy, sweet, and without any admixture of acid. Stone, 

 small for the size of the fruit, roundish. 



A most delicious cherry ; ripe the beginning of July. The tree is 

 vigorous and spreading in its growth, perfectly hardy, and succeeds 

 well as a standard or on a wall. It is not, however, a very abundant 

 bearer. The leaves are very broad, of a dark green colour, and deeply 

 dentated. 



According to the "Bon Jardinier," this variety was raised at Choisy, near 

 Paris, about the year 1760, by M. Gonduin, gardener to the king, Louis XV. 



Belle de Laecken. See Heine Hortense. 



BELLE MAGNIFIQUE (Belle de Chatenay; Belle de Sceaux; 

 Belle de Spa; De Spa). Fruit, very large, roundish oblate, inclining 

 to heart-shaped. Skin, at first pale, gradually becoming suffused with 

 red, and ultimately acquiring a uniform clear bright red. Stalk, an 

 inch to an inch and a half long. Flesh, yellowish, tender, and sub- acid. 

 Ripe from the middle and end of August. 



The tree is an immense bearer, and forms a handsome pyramid. 



Eaised by Chatenay of Sceaux, who was called " Magnifique " facetiously by his 

 friends. 



BELLE D'ORLEANS. Fruit, medium-sized, roundish, inclining 

 to heart-shaped. Skin, pale yellowish white in the shade, but of a 



