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France, as CMlonnaise. Fruit large, roundish-cordate, depressed at the base, one face 

 flattened, the other bulged; suture slight; stem short; skin a deep purple tint in the sun, 

 spotted with clear red in the shade; flesh white or of a slight rose color, with uncolored 

 juice, sugary, aromatic; pit small; season the middle of June. 



Bigarreau de Champvans. P. avium, i. Thomas Guide Prat. 27. 1876. 2. Guide Prat. 

 17. 1895. 



This is an excellent cherry of the Bigarreau type with colored juice and transparent 

 skin, which originated in the department of Sa6ne-et-Loire, France; said in the second 

 reference to be similar to Napoleon. 

 Bigarreau Comiola. P avium, i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 5:191, 192 fig. 1877. 



The name Comiola is derived from comaline, the French for cornelian. Tree medium 

 in size and productiveness; frviit attached in twos or threes, large, roundish, slightly com- 

 pressed at the ends and faces; suttire deep; stem short, set in a rather deep cavity; skin 

 whitish-yeUow, largely washed with rose color and spotted with deep carmine; flesh yellow- 

 ish, firm, not fibrous, juicy, sugary, slightly acidulated; first quality; season early June. 

 Bigarreau Court Picout HStif. P. avium, i. Mas Pom. Gen. 11:159. 1882. 



Listed in this reference. 

 Bigarreau Court Picout Tardif. P. avium, i. Mas Pom. Gen. 11 : 159. 1882. 



Mentioned in the reference given. 

 Bigarreau Donnissen. P. avium, i. Thomas Guide Prat. 16, i8g. 1876. 



Donnissens gelbe Knorpelkirsche. 2. Liegel Syst. Anleit. 162. 1825. 3. Dochnahl 

 Fahr. Obstkunde 3:44. 1858. 4. III. Handb. 145 fig., 146. i860. 



Bigarreau jaune de Donissen. 5. Mortillet Le Cm«er 2:304. 1866. 



This variety is a seedling from Guben, Prussia, Germany, named for the originator; 

 it fruited first about 1824. Tree vigorous, productive; fruit attached in twos, some- 

 times threes, large, rotmdish-cordate; suture slight; stem long, rather stout; cavity broad, 

 shallow; skin glossy, transparent, yellowish-orange when ripe; flesh whitish, firm, slightly 

 fibrous, moderately juicy, sugary, pleasingly acidulated; first quality; pit large, ovoid, 

 plump ; ripens the last of June to the first of July. 

 Bigarreau Dore. P. avium, i. Thomas Guide Prat. 22. 1876. 2. Guide Prat. 15. 1895. 



Fruit yellow, round. 

 Bigarreau Double Royale. P. avium, i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 5:195 fig., 196. 1877. 



Konigliche Fleischkirsche. 2. DochnsiW. Fahr. Obstkunde 3:^4. 1858. 



Konigliche Herzkirsche. 3. III. Handb. 467 fig., 468. 1861. 



Guigne Royale. 4. MortiUet Le Cerisier 2:301. 1866. 



The fact that Oberdieck received this variety from the Sod^t^ Horticole de Prague 

 under the French name Double Royale leads us to believe, as does Leroy, that it is of French 

 rather than of Austrian origin as many German writers hold. Tree vigorous; fruit usually 

 borne in pairs, large, cordate, rather abrupt at the ends; stem long, slender; cavity shallow; 

 suture almost indistinct; skin glossy, reddish-brown to nearly black; flesh moderately 

 tender, red, juicy, vinous, sweet; quality very good; pit small, ovoid, turgid; ripens about 

 the middle of June. 

 Bigarreau Dur. P. avium. 1. Land. Hart. Sac. Cat. 46. 183 1. 



Listed in this reference without description. 



