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in some places, and finely spotted or marbled golden yellow everywhere else. The shaded 

 side is pale red. 



The flesh is firm & crisp, slightly yellow on the side where the skin is more 

 highly colored, a little flecked with tiny red spots around the pit, and white elsewhere. 



The juice is plentiful, winy, flavorful, & very pleasant. 



The pit is a marbled red, five lignes long, four lignes wide, and three lignes thick. 



This excellent bigarreau cherry ripens at the beginning of July. It deserves to be 

 more plentiful. 



Second Group . 



CHERRY TREES with round fruit. 



This group includes 1°. all of the types & varieties of cherry trees whose fruits are 

 properly called cherries in Paris. 2°. some types that are included in the first group but 

 actually belong more to the second. The trees in the second group never reach the size of 

 those in the first & don't support their branches as well. Their leaves are smaller, more 

 substantial, a deeper green, and more firmly attached to their stalks. The flowers are 

 smaller but more open. Lastly, the fruit is round, very soft, & acidic. The skin separates 

 easily from the flesh, in contrast to the gean & bigarreau cherries where it adheres 

 strongly. 



I. Dwarf CHERRY TREE with smallest round fruit, acidic, more premature. 

 Dwarf CHERRY TREE with premature round fruit. (PL III.) 



The value of this small cherry tree lies in the pre-maturity of its fruit. To make it 

 ripen even sooner, it's customarily planted 



