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Griotte de Eleparow. P cerasus. i. Land. Hart. Soc. Cat. 50. 1831. 2. Mortillet Le 

 Cerisier 2:186 fig., 187, 221. 1866. 



Polnische grosse Weichsel. 3. Kraft Pom. Aust. 1:8, Tab. 20 fig. 2. 1792. 



Pohlnische Kirsche. 4. Christ Handb. 682. 1797. 



Polnische Weichsel. 5. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstkunde 3:60. 1858. 



Kleparower SUssweichsel. 6. III. Handb. 69 fig., 70. 1867. 



Kleparavoska. 7. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 75. 1883. 



Griotte Kleparite. 8. Budd-Hansen Am. Hort. Man. 2:277. 1903. 9. la. Sta. Bui. 

 73:71 fig. 1903. 



Budd found this variety very hardy about Galicia, Austria, and Warsaw, Russia, 

 and imported it for central and southern Iowa. It is grown from seed in the forests of 

 Poland. The Griotte Kleparite of Budd-Hansen is probably the same variety. Tree 

 strong in growth, large, productive; fruit of medium size, generally attached in pairs, 

 roimdish-cordate, sides often compressed; sutvire shallow, often a Une; stem long, slender, 

 set in a wide, deep cavity; skin tough, clinging to the flesh, glossy, dark brownish-red, 

 deep black when ripe; flesh tender, fibrous, Ughtly colored, juicy, acid, although sugary, 

 aromatic; quaUty fair; pit small, turgid, almost spherical; ripens the last of July. 

 Griotte Lodigiana. P. cerasus. i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 5:290, 291 fig. 1877. 



Introduced into France from Florence, Italy, by Leroy about 1864. Fruit of medium 

 size, globular, compressed at the ends; stem of medium length, inserted in a wide cavity; 

 apex depressed; skin deep red; flesh pale yeUow, tender, slightly fibrous, juicy, very sugary, 

 slightly acidulated; second quality; stone of medium size, round, turgid; ripens the last 

 of Jxme. 

 Griotte Noire. P. cerasus. i. Thomas Guide Prat. 26. 1876. 



Listed as a large, blackish-red, acidulated fniit, ripening in July. 

 Griotte Noire de Piemont. P. cerasus. i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 5:294, 295 fig. 1877. 



Griotte a gros fruit noir de Piemont. 2. Thomas Guide Prat. 26. 1876. 



This variety, probably from Piedmont, Italy, was received by Leroy in 1864. Fruit 

 generally borne in pairs, above medium in size, globular, compressed at the ends; suture 

 indistinct; stem long, set in a deep cavity; skin tmiformly blackish-red; flesh tender, red- 

 dish, very jiu'cy, acidulated, slightly sweet; quahty fair; stone of medium size, roundish- 

 oval, swollen;, ripens the middle of June. 

 Griotte du Nord Amelioree. P. cerasus. i. Thomas Guide Prat. 27. 1876. 



Mentioned as possibly larger and better than Griotte du Nord. 

 Griotte a Petit Fruit. P. cerasus. i. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 50. 1831. 



Listed in the reference given. 

 Griotte Precoce. P. cerasus. i. la. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 329. 1885. 2. Budd-Hansen Am. 

 Hort. Man. 2:277. 1903. 



According to the first reference, this variety was brought into Spain from Central 

 Asia and was known in parts of Europe as " Early Spanish." It was imported to America 

 from Russia. Tree hardy; fruit large, flattened; suture distinct; stem mediiun in size, 

 curved, set in a deep cavity; skin bright, glossy red; flesh soft, breaking, tmcolored; quaUty 

 very good; ripens the middle of June. 



