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handsome, upright and vigorous grower, a most abundant 

 bearer, and every way worthy of being placed among the 

 best cherries yet introduced. 



Size, large, about one inch in diameter and one inch long : 

 Form, heart-shaped, regular, broadest at the base : Skin, 

 rich shining black, when fully mature : Stem, medium length, 

 about one and a half inches long, moderately stout, and in- 

 serted in a rather broad open basin : Flesh, dark purplish 

 red, firm but tender, rich, sprightly and delicious : Stone, 

 rather large, nearly round. Ripe from the first to the middle 

 of July. 



11. Black Bigarreau of Savoy. 



The Black Bigarreau of Savoy, (Jig. 37,) was introduced 

 into American collections by the late Mr. George Brown, of 

 Beverly. He purchased the tree from the nursery of M. M. 

 Burdin, Magg &> Co., of Milan, in 

 whose Catalogue for 1840 it is enu- 

 merated under the name of " Cerise Big- 

 arreau de Savoie, noir tres gros." It 

 is probably of Italian origin, and un- 

 known in English collections, as we do 

 not find the name in the last edition 

 of the London Horticultural Society's 

 Catalogue for 1842. 



The tree is a remarkably vigorous 

 and rapid grower, of erect and fine 

 habit, with large, handsome leaves and 

 a good bearer. The fruit has a very 

 firm flesh, so much so that the robins 

 rarely touch it as long as any others 

 are to be found. It hangs well upon the tree, and is not 

 easily injured by heavy rains. In this respect it somewhat 

 resembles the Gridley or Apple cherry, a native variety of 

 considerable merit. 



We have stated that Mr. Walsh's New Black Bigarreau 

 came from the south of France, and it was from the fact that 

 Mr. Brown's tree came from Italy that we supposed they 



37. Black Bigarreau 

 of Savoy. 



