THE CHERRY. 



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whitish yellow, half covered with pale red. Flesh tender, very- 

 juicy, sweet, and excellent. Ripens early in June. 



BiGARREAu. Thomp. Lind. 



Graffion. 



Yellow Spanish, {of most American Gardens.) 



"White Bigarreau, {of Manning and Kenrick.) 



Amber, or Imperial. Coxe. 



Turkey Bigarreau ? 



Bigarreau Roj^al, 



ItaUan Heart, 



Bigarreau Gros? 



West's White Heart, \ ac. to 



Bigarreau Tardif, ( Thomp. 



Groote Princess, 



Hollandische Grosse, 



Prinzessin Kirsche. 



Cerise Ambree. K Duh. 



This noble fruit is unquestionably 

 one of the largest, most beautiful and 

 delicious of cherries. It was intro- 

 duced into this country about the 

 year 1800, by the late William 

 Prince, of Flushing, and has been 

 very extensively disseminated under 

 the names of Yellow Spanish, Graf- 

 fion, and Bigarreau. The tree is 

 short but thrifty in growth, making 



strong lateral shoots, and forming a large and handsome head 

 with spreading branches. 



Fruit very large, and of a beautiful waxen appearance, regu- 

 larly formed, obtuse heart-shaped, the base a good deal flatten- 

 ed. Stalk stout, nearly two inches long, inserted in a wide 

 hollow. Skin pale whitish yellow on the shaded side, bordered 

 with minute carmine dots and deepening into bright red finely 

 marbled on the sunny side. Flesh pale yellow, quite firm, 

 juicy, with a rich, sweet and delicious flavour if allowed fully to 

 ripen. In perfection the last of June. 



Thomp. 



ac. to 

 Thomp. 



Bigarreau, Napoleon. 

 Bigarreau Lauermann, 

 Lauermann's Kirsche, 

 Lauermann's Grosse Kirsche, 

 Lauermann's Herz Kirsche, 

 Holland Bigarreau ? 



The Napoleon Bigarreau is one of the finest of the firm 

 fleshed cherries — large, Avell flavoured, handsome, and produc- 

 tive. It was introduced into this country from Holland by the 

 late Andrew Parmentier of Brooklyn. 



Fruit of the largest size, very regularly heart-shaped, a little 

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