236 THE CHERRIES OF NEW YORK 



China Bigarreau. P avium, i. Prince Pom. Man. 2:126. 1832. 



China Heart. 2. Prince Treat. Hort. 30. 1828. 3. Land. Hort. Soc. Cat. 48. 1831. 



This variety was raised from the seed of an Ox Heart by William Prince, Flushing, 

 New York, and at first was called China Heart. W. R. Prince in his Pomological Manual 

 of 1832, calls it China Bigarreau as it is more of the Bigarreau than of the Heart type 

 of cherries. Tree vigorous, large; fruit medium in size, rotmdish or oval-cordate, with a 

 distinct suture; stem long, slender, set in a shallow cavity; skin when fuUy ripe, glossy red 

 mottled with lighter red; flesh firm, somewhat melting, with a sweet, rich, peculiar flavor; 

 ripens just after Black Tartarian and forms a link between it and the later varieties; 

 very productive. 



Cheque. P. avium, i. Th.ora.as Guide Prat. 15, 191. 1876. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 11:141, 

 142. 1882. 



Guigne Cheque. 3. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 482. 1904. 



Originated near Metz, Lorraine, Germany. Tree vigorous, productive; fruit rather 

 large; of a deep red color at maturity; flesh white, slightly tinted with a rose color, firm, 

 very juicy, sweet ; ripens the last of Jime. 

 Christbauer. P. cerasus. i. Mo. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 42. 1892. 



A sort reported to ripen before Early Richmond. 

 Christiana. P. avium y. P. cerasus. i. ElUott Fr. -Boofe 206. 1854. 



This variety was raised by B. B. Kirtland, Greenbush, New York, and resembles 

 May Dvike in character of tree and fruit. The fruit is borne in clusters, is of a bright, 

 lively red color, and has a sprightly subacid flavor. 



Churchill Heart. P avium, i. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 48. 1831. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 

 290. 1884. 



Tree hardy, productive; fruit large, heart-shaped; stem long; cavity shallow; skin 

 glossy, of a clear, waxen, pale yellow, bright red when exposed to the sun, mottled with 

 dark red and orange; flesh pale yellow, firm, sweet, rich, moderately jmcy; season the end 

 of July. 

 Cistena. P. pumila X P- pissardi. i. S. Dak. Sta. Bui. 130:190, 191. 191 1. 



Cistena is a cross between the Sand Cherry and Prunus pissardi, interesting only 

 because of its beautiful purple foliage. 

 Clark September. P. avium, i. Ont. Fr. Gr. Assoc. Rpt. 22:XVni. 1890. 



Clark September is a local sort from Lower Granville, Nova Scotia. The fruits are 

 of medium size and when fully ripe are of a dark red color; flesh firm, of a sweet and agree- 

 able flavor. 

 Cluster Black Heart. P. avium, i. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 481. 1904. 



Tree vigorous; fruit smaU or of medium size, cordate; stem long; skin glossy, black; 

 flesh very dark red, tender, juicy, agreeably mild acid; ripens in July. 

 Cocklin Favorite. P- avium, i. Gard. Mon. 3:249 fig., 1861, 2. Downing Fr. Trees 

 Am. 458. 1869. 



Late Amber. 3. Horticulturist 17:381. 1862. 



This seedling was introduced by E. H. Cocklin, Shepherdstown, Pennsylvania, but 

 its origin is imknown. Tree upright, conical, very productive; fruit large, roundish, 



