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Black Margaret. Species? i. Watkins Cat. 32. 1892. 



Described as a fine, black, very late, English cherry. 

 Black Prolific. Species? i. Land. Hort. Soc. Cat. 55. 183 1. 



Listed in the reference given. 

 Black Spanish. P- avium, i. Rea Flora 205. 1676. 2. Truchsess-Heim Kirschensort. 

 177-180. 1819. 



Schwarze oder Spate Herzkirsche. 3. Krunitz Enc. 60, 61. 1790. 



Spanish. 4. Kenrick Am. Orch. 217. 1835. 



Schwarze Spanische Knorpelkirsche. 5. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstkunde 3:37. 1858. 



Bigarreau noir d'Espagne. 6. Thomas Guide Prat. 23, 189. 1876, 



This is an old variety first mentioned by the English and in all probabiHtyis of English 

 origin. It has been greatly confused by some German writers with other black cherries 

 but Truchsess maintains that if placed beside the Grosse Schwarze Knorpelkirsche and 

 the Grosse Schwarze Knorpelkirsche mit Festem Fleische, the two with which it is most 

 often confused, differences could be noted especially as to firmness of flesh and smallness 

 of pit. Fruit large, obtuse-cordate, compressed; suture distinct; stem slender, short; 

 cavity small, smooth, shallow; skin "dark reddish-brown changing to black, lighter along 

 the suture; flesh more tender than in most hard-fleshed sorts, dark red, sweet; stone small, 

 adhering before fully mature, colored; ripens early in July or earher. 

 Black Turkey Heart. P. avium, i. Watkins Cat. 32. 1892. 



Fruit large, black, late; suitable for market and home use. 

 Blasse Johanni Eirsche. Species? i. Thomas Guide Prat. 23. 1876. 



Received by Thomas with a recommendation from Baron Emanuel Trauttenberg 

 of Prague. 

 Bocage. Species? i. Thomas Guide Prat. 25. 1876. 2. Guide Prat. 17. 1895. 



This variety is said, in Guide Pratique, 1895, to be similar to Carnation, a Sour 

 Cherry, while Thomas says it is similar to Reine Hortense, a hybrid sort. 

 Bohemian Queen. P. cerasus. i. Can. Hort. 13:104. 1890. 



This variety is said to come true to seed; to be similar in fruit-characters to Ostheim, 

 though larger and more fleshy; to be productive and a cherry of good flavor; and to 

 succeed well in moist land. 

 Bon Bon. Species? i. Childs Cat. 153 fig. 1893. 



A very early, large, dark red, juicy cherry; ships well and bears regularly. 

 Book. Species? i. Pa. Dept. Agr. Rpt. Pt. 1:427. 1902. 



This is a local variety recommended by John Weitzel, Bethesda, Lancaster County, 

 Pennsylvania. Fruit medium to large, dark red; ripens the middle of June. 

 Boppard. P. avium, i. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 415. 1899. 



Boppard's Early. 2. Can. Exp. Farm Bui. 2nd Ser. 3:58. 1900. 



Bopparder FrUhkirsche. 3. Proskauer Obstsort. 55. 1907. 



Tree vigorous; fruit large, obtuse-cordate; skin glossy, dark red; flesh red, firm, juicy, 

 sweet. 

 Boquet Morello. P. cerasus. i. la. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 78. 1890. 



Amarelle Boquet. 2. Ibid. 331. 1885. 3. Del. Sta. An. Rpt. 12:110. 1900. 



