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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 

 " Great Bigarreau," 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. 



