C ERAS US, CHERRY TREE. 1 65 



The skin is delicate, smooth, shiny, dark red on the side toward the sun and bright 

 red on the shaded side. Frequently there are some small white spots, especially at the 

 bottom of the groove. 



The flesh is very firm & very succulent, whitish, and threaded with whiter veins 

 or fibers. It's red around the pit & beneath the skin on the side struck by the sun. 



The juice is plentiful, lightly tinged red, with a very enhanced & excellent flavor. 



The pit is oval, yellowish or flesh-colored, six lignes long, four lignes wide, and 

 three-&-a-half lignes thick. 



This fruit, the best one of the bigarreaus & of all the fruits in its group, generally 

 ripens after mid-July. 



II . Larger garden CHERR Y TREE with larger heart-shaped fruit, white on one side, a pale 

 red on the other, with firm & tasty flesh. 



BIGARREAU CHERRY TREE with large white fruit. 



This bigarreau cherry tree differs very little from the preceding one. The bark on 

 its shoots is gray or ash-colored. 



Its fruit has the same shape, the same size, & the same proportions. But the skin is 

 a very light red, almost flesh-colored, on the side facing the sun and a waxy white on the 

 shaded side. 



The flesh is white, succulent, and a little less firm than that of the red bigarreau. 



The juice also is a bit less pleasant & flavorful. 



The pit is white. 



III. Larger garden CHERRY TREE with smaller heart-shaped fruit, white on one side, a pale 

 red on the other, with firm sweet flesh. 



BIGARREAU CHERRY TREE with early small fruit. 



This is a variety of the preceding one. It differs only with respect to its fruit & the 

 time that it ripens. 



