CHERRIES. 49 



Belcher's Black. See Corone. 



BELLE AGATHE. Small, produced in clusters ; heart- 

 shaped. 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. This is a small Bigarreau, which hangs 

 on the tree as late as the first week in October j and 

 neither birds nor wasps touch it. 



Belle Audigeoise. See Heine Hortense. 

 Belle de Bavay. See Heine Hortense. 

 Belle de Chatenay. See Belle Magnijtque. 



BELLE DE CHOISY (Ambree ; Dauphines Dowcette ; De 

 Palembre). Large and round. Skin very thin and 

 transparent, showing the texture of the flesh beneath j 

 amber coloured, mottled with yellowish red, or rich cor- 

 nelian, next the sun. Stalk an inch and a half to two 

 inches long, rather stout, swollen at the upper end. Flesh 

 amber coloured, melting, tender, rich, sugary and de~ 

 licious. Early in July. 



Belle de Laeken, See Heine Hortense. 



BELLE MAGNIFIQUE (Belle de Chatenay; Belle de 

 Sceaux; Belle de Spa; De Spa). Very large, roundish- 

 oblate, inclining to heart-shaped. Skin clear bright red. 

 Stalk an inch to an inch and a half long. Flesh yellowish, 

 tender, and sub -acid. Middle and end of August. 



BELLE D'ORLEANS. Medium sized, roundish, inclining 

 to heart-shaped. ^ Skin pale yellowish white in the shade, 

 but of a thin bright red next the sun. Flesh yellowish 

 white, tender, juicy, and rich. Beginning and middle of 

 June. One of the earliest and richest of cherries. 



Belle de Petit Brie. See Heine Hortense. 

 Belle Polonaise. See Griotte de Kleparoio 

 Belie de Prapeau. See Seine Hortense. 

 Belle de Sceaux. See Belle Magnifique. 

 Belle de Spa. See Belle Magnifique. 

 Belle Supreme. See Heine Hortense. 



BIGARREAU ( Grajfion) . Large, and obtuse heart-shaped, 

 flattened at the stalk. Skin whitish yellow, marbled with 

 deep bright red next the sun. Stalk stout, two inches 



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