182 THE CHERRY. 



A cherry so large, fine and beautiful, and so productive even 

 when young, and which is of rapid and hardy growth, cannot 

 fail soon to become a general favourite in our fruit gardens. It 

 ripens about a week earlier than the Bigarreau, and the branch- 

 es, which are spreading, or even drooping, are literally loaded 

 with heavy bunches of fruit. 



Fruit very large, of a regular heart-shape, rather pointed. 

 Skin white or very pale yellow in the shade, beautifully mottled 

 and spotted on the sunny side, with bright carmine red. Stem 

 rather slender, set in a deep hollow, and the fruit borne in thick 

 clusters. Flesh firm, but not so much so as that of the Bigar- 

 reau ; a little more juicy ; sweet and excellent, perhaps scarcely 

 so high flavoured, but this depends somewhat on the dryness of 

 the season. Leaves very large and broad with rather light 

 footstalks. Ripens 20th of June. 



35. BIGARREAU, COTJLEUR DE CHAIR. Thomp. 



Flesh-coloured Bigarreau. 



Gros Bigarreau, Couleur de Chair, ) , T . .. 



Gros Bigarreau Blanc. \ Noisette. 



Bigarreau a Gros Fruit Blanc. 



Large Heart-shaped Bigarreau, of Manning, 



Bigarreau de Rocmont. 



Co3ur de Pigeon. 



Belle de Rocmont ? 



The Flesh-coloured Bigarreau is a 

 beautiful and excellent variety, much 

 more tender in its flesh than most of 

 its class, and which attains, under our 

 warm skies, a higher flavour than it 

 does in England. The leaves are not 

 large, dark green, flat, with purplish 

 footstalks. Tree moderately vigorous. 

 Fruit very large, of a very oblong 

 heart-shape, pointed at the end. Skin 

 shining, of the palest yellow or flesh 

 colour, with a bright red marbled 

 cheek. Stalk moderately long and 

 slender, set in a rather deep and nar- 

 row hollow. Flesh half tender, or be- 

 coming nearly tender when fully ripe, 

 quite juicy and sweet, and in this 

 climate high flavoured and luscious. 

 Ripe the middle and last of June. On 

 fruiting several of the synonymes above, 

 *y T, i ~j R,V we find them iden tical with this va- 

 *** Bis* riety, which is truly first rate. 



