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the Grosse Schwarze Knorpelkirsche in its firmer flesh. Tree vigorous, productive; fruit 

 rather large, plump, truncate at the apex, sides compressed; suture not prominent; stem 

 stout, long, set in a variable cavity; skin tough, almost black at maturity; flesh very firm, 

 juicy, colored, very sweet, although with a mixture of sourness; stone small, turgid, cordate, 

 sides compressed, clinging; ripens late. 



Flagg. P- cerasus. i. Cult. & Count. Gent. 41:502. 1876. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 

 3rd App. 164. 1881. 



Flagg was introduced by its originator, D. B. Wier, Lacon, Illinois, as Wier's Early 

 Kentish, a selected seedling of Early Richmond, hardier and ten days earlier. Tree slender, 

 short- jointed, regularly conical, moderate in growth; at its best in high, dry, airy situations, 

 with light soil; fruit medium in size, heart-shaped; skin black, firm; flesh tender, purplish- 

 red, juicy, changing from a rich subacid to a very sweet, rich flavor; pit small; adapted to 

 kitchen and table use. 



Flamentine. P. avium., i. Truchsess-Heim Kirschensort. 211-215. 1819. 2. Mas Le 

 Verger 8:137, 138, fig. 67. 1866-73. 



Bigarreautier d petit fruit hdtif. 3. Dtihamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 1:165, 166. 1768. 



Bigarreau a petit fruit blanc. 4. Land. Hort. Soc. Cat. 46. 183 1. 



Early Guigne. 5. Prince Pom. Man. 2:111, 112. 1832. 



Early White Bigarreau. 6. Ibid. 2: i2g. 1832. 



Petite Bigarreau hdtif . 7. Mortillet L^ Cms^Vr 2:130, 131. 1866. 



Bigarreau Blanc (Petit). 8. Leroy Diet. Pom. 5:182 fig., 183. 1877. 



THrkine? g. Reut. Pom,. Inst. Festschrift 121. 19 10. 



This cherry probably originated more than a century ago in the vicinity of Angers, 

 France. Names of wholly distinct varieties have sometimes been attached to it causing 

 much confusion in the nomenclature. Tree strong, vigorous, productive; fruit usually in 

 threes, above medium in size, obtuse-cordate, flattened at the base, compressed; suture 

 often a line; stem long, almost stout, inserted in a deep, narrow cavity; skin thin, glossy, 

 whitish-yellow, mottled with dark red; flesh yellowish-white, transparent, rather firm, 

 juicy, aromatic, sugary; first quality; stone small, oval; ripens the middle of Jime. 

 Flemish Gean. P. avium, i. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 50. 1831. 



A small, red, obtuse-cordate fruit of fair quality and tender flesh, ripening early in 



July. 



Fleurs Doubles. P cerasus. i. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 1:174. 1768. 2. Lond. Hort. 

 Soc. Cat. 49. 183 1. 

 Great rose. 3. Parkinson Par. Ter. 402, 574. 1629. 

 Double Floured Cherry. 4. Gerarde HerftaW 1505 fig. 8. 1636. 

 Bloem-kers double. 5. Knoop Frwrfo/ogtV 2:35, 38. 177 1. 

 Weichselbaum mit sehr gross gefUllter BlUthe. 6. Kraft Pom. Aust. 1:5, Tab. 11 fig. 



I. 1792. 

 Glaskirsche mit dick gefUllter BlUthe. 7. Christ Handb. 680. 1797. 

 Amarellenbaum mit gam gefullter Bliite. 8. Truchsess-Heim Kirschensort. 640-644. 



1819. 

 Small Double Flowering. 9. Prince Treai. /fori. 31. 1828. 



