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tender, tinged red, with abundant colored juice, sugary, vinous; good; pit small, ovoid, 

 slightly compressed; matures the middle of June. 



Bigarreau d'ltalie. P. avium, i. Mortillet Le Cerisier 2:102-104, 219, fig. 21. 1866. 

 2. Leroy Diet. Pom. 5:211, 212 fig. 1877. 



Bohemian Black Bigarreau. 3. Hogg Fruit Man. 69, 76, 94. 1866. 



Black Bohemian. 4. Fish Hardy-Fr. Bk. 2:104. 1882. 



This old variety was much esteemed by the Italians and later by the Belgians who 

 grew it as early as 1815; it is of more recent introduction into France and England. 

 It is sometimes confused with the Florence of Hogg and Downing. Fruit roundish, slightly 

 heart-shaped, flattened at both ends; suture distinct; stem thick, short, inserted in an acute, 

 deep cavity; skin firm, thick, glossy, very deep purple changing to black; flesh firm, dark, 

 juicy, sugary, aromatic; pit medium, roundish-oval, convex, suture and grooves prominent; 

 season the last two weeks of June. 

 Bigarreau Jacquet. P avium. 1. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 337. 1889. 



Listed in this reference. 

 Bigarreau Jumard. P. avium, i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 5: 206. 1877. 



Mentioned as having been received by Eugene Glady, Bordeaux, Gironde, France, 

 in a shipment of trees received about 1850 from the Jumard nursery. 

 Bigarreau Kriiger. P. avium. 1. Leroy Diet. Pom. 5:215, 216 fig. 1877. 



Bigarreau noir de Kriiger. 2. Tharaas Guide Prat. 22, 190. 1876. 



Kriiger's Schwarze Knorpelkirsche. 3. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 366. 1889. 



This variety was introduced into France by M. Eugtee Glady, 1858, from Guben, 

 Prussia, Germany, and is thought to have been originated by one of the Kriiger family. 

 Tree vigorous, bears early; fruit large to above, cordate, more or less rovuidish, faces com- 

 pressed; suture wide; stem long, slender, set in a large cavity; skin yellowish- white, min- 

 gled with red, changing to brownish; flesh pale yellow, rather firm, slightly fibrous, juicy, 

 sweet though sprightly; pit large, elongated-oval, flat; ripens toward the middle of June. 

 Bigarreau Legrey. P. avium, i. Hogg Frwii Maw. 69, 74. 1866. 



A small, cordate-shaped Bigarreau, more curious than useful. 

 Bigarreau de Lory. P. avium, i. Truchsess-Heim Kirsehensort. 205. 1819. 



Bigarreau de Loire. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. iiii^g. 1882. 



Mentioned as a medium-sized, dark brownish-red, firm-fleshed fruit 

 Bigarreau Marjolet. P. avium, i. Guide Prat. 7. 1895. 



Guigne Marjolet. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 11:135, 136, fig. 68. 1882. 3. Mathieu Nom. 

 Pom 360. 1889. 



Bigarreau Marjeollais. 4. Ibid. 337. 1889. 



Marjolets Knorpelkirsche. 5. Proskauer Obstsort. 57. 1907. 



The descriptions of the Guigne Marjolet and the Bigarreau Marjolet are identical 

 and we have combined the two. The variety was named after its originator, M. Marjolet; 

 tree vigorous, productive; fruit large, roundish-cordate, dark red; flesh tender, red, vinous, 

 pleasing; ripens the middle of June. 

 Bigarreau Mongin. P. avium. 1. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 482. 1904. 



Tree of medium growth; fruit medium in size, cordate; stem long, inserted in a deep 



