148 CHERRIES. 



COMMON FRENCH GRIOTTE. Auth. 

 Griotte commune. Griottier. Duh. 

 This tree is of large size, and supports its branches well ; it 

 is very productive, and is one of the kinds most worthy of 

 culture for the crops ; the fruit is of medium size, compressed 

 at its base, and supported by a peduncle eighteen to twenty- 

 four lines in length ; it is nine to ten lines in diameter, by 

 rather more in lieight ; the skin is shining dark red, and 

 almost black at its extreme maturity ; the flesh is of the same 

 colour, and both sweet and pleasant. This cherry ripens in 

 July, and is deemed an excellent fruit. 



LARGE GRIOTTE. Ph. cat. 



Grosse Griotte. N. Duh. Le Berr. 



This variety resembles the preceding one, but it ripens 

 rather sooner, and is of larger size ; the skin is delicate, black, 

 and shining ; its flesh of a very dark red colour, firm, sweet, 

 and of a pleasant flavour. 



POITOU GRIOTTE. Auth. 

 Griotte de Poitou. Guindoux de Poitou. N. Duh. Le Berr. 



This tree is described in the Traite des Jardins, and in the 

 New Duhamel, as somewhat larger than the Villennes cherry; 

 its branches are less numerous, but of rather larger size ; its 

 leaves are of much greater dimensions, broader, with larger 

 and deeper indentures on their edges ; the fruit is similar in 

 form, and of nearly the same size ; it is washed with pale red 

 at the commencement of its maturity, but afterwards becomes 

 of a very dark red hue, though not as blackish as the other 

 Griottes ; the flesh, which is also dark red, is tender, and 

 replete with juice of an excellent taste; the stone is small; 

 the stem quite large, and of medium length. It ripens at the 

 end of June, and the tree has, like some other Griottes, the 

 defect of producing only a small quantity of fruit, even when 

 trained in the espalier form. 



