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Gros Bigarreau Rond. P. avium, i. MortilletLe CcrmVr 2:114, 208. 1866. 



Fruit large, even, roundish, though often larger and less flattened than Bigarreau 

 d'ltalie; stem medium in length; color becoming black; flesh red, firm, sweet, pleasing; 

 pit small and slightly elongated; ripens the last of May. 

 Gros Guindoul Hatif. P. cerasus. i. Rev. Hort. 335. 1870-71. 



Tree large; fruit of first size, superior quality, large, dark red, juicy, sprightly; ripens 

 in June- July. 

 Grosse Blanche Carrie. P. avium, i. Mag. Hort. 9:204. 1843. 



A firm, red, heart-shaped cherry of second size and quality, used principally for the 

 table, ripening in Jvily. 



Grosse Bunte Herzkirsche. P. avium, i. Truchsess-Heim Kirschensort. 226, 227, 228. 

 1819. 



Weiss Herzkirsche. 2. Christ Obstbdume 161. 1791. 



Grosse bunte Molkenkirsche. 3. Dochnahl Fw/jr. Ofc^ifeMmfe 3:28. 1858. 



This cherry is distinguished from others of its class by its peculiar coloring. At one 

 time it was recommended because of its size, flavor, and length of season. Fruit large, 

 thick at the base, both sides compressed and marked by a suture; stem long, slender, set 

 in a shallow opening; ground color a dingy pale yellow more or less covered with red; flesh 

 tender, melting, pleasing; ripens at the end of June. 

 Grosse Friedrichskirsche. Species? t.. T>ochn3)a!i.Fuhr. Obsikunde y.7,g. 1858. 



Fruit large, compressed, roundish-cordate, pale yellow, washed with crimson; flesh 

 slightly aromatic; ripens the end of Jvine; productive. 



Grosse Glaskirsche. P. avium X P. cerasus. i. Kriinitz Enc. 57, 58. 1790. 2. Christ 

 Worterb. 292. 1802. 3. Truchsess-Heim Kirschensort. 473-475. 1819. 



Grosse Cerise Transparente. 4. Mortillet Le Cerisier 2:172-175, fig. 1866. 5. Guide 

 Prat. 18, 190. 1895. 



Through an error which he later rectified, Truchsess described the Double Glass as 

 this variety. This cherry differs in having a shorter stem, larger size and in ripening later. 

 Fruit very large, almost round, flattened at the ends, depressed at the apex; stem stout, 

 short, inserted in a large cavity; skin glossy, becoming dark red; flesh pale yellowish, melt- 

 ing, juicy, iruld yet with a piquant, pleasing sourness; stone roundish, turgid, clinging 

 to the flesh more than to the stem; ripens in August. 

 Grosse Gomballoise. P. avium, i. Mas Pom. Gen. 11:150, 151. 1882. 



Bigarreau Grosse Gomballoise. 2. Guide Prat. 17. 1895. 



Fruit large to very large, thickly cordate, often elongated, truncate at the ends; suture 

 deep, but a colored line on one side; stem long, stout, set in a large, deep caAdty; skin thick, 

 firm, intense purple changing to almost black; flesh purple, firm, juicy, sugary, vinous, 

 aromatic; pit of medium size; ripens at the end of Jtme. 



Grosse Guigne Blanche. P avium, i. Truchsess-Heim Kirschensort. 258. 1819. 2. 

 Leroy Diet. Pom. 5:315, 316 fig. 1877. 



Guigne d, gros fruit blanc. 3. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 1:161, PI. i fig. 3. 1768. 

 4. MortiUet Le Cerisier 2:98, 99. 1866. 



Kleine weisse Friihkirsche. 5. Christ Worterb. 278. 1802. 



