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Guigne Noire de Monstreux. P. amum. i. Thomas Guide Prat. 24. 1876. 



Described by M. M. V^rilhac, nurseryman at Annonay, France, as a large, good, 

 productive cherry ripening the first part of June. 

 Guigne Nouvelle Espece. P. avium, i. Land. Hori. Soc. Cat. 51. 1831. 



Mentioned in the reference given. 

 Guigne Olive. P. avium, i. MortilletLe Cerisier 2:79, 80 fig., 81, 220. 1866. 



Fruit large, elongated-oval, more pointed at the cavity; suture wide; stem long, slender, 

 set in a sUghtly deep, abrupt cavity; skin at first rose-colored, marbled with red changing 

 to almost black; flesh tender, colored, agreeably acid, with a slight bitterness; pit very 

 large, oval, resembling the pit of an olive; ripens at the beginning of July. 

 Guigne Petite Blanche. P. avium, i. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 51. 1831. 



Mentioned in the reference given. 

 Guigne Petite Rouge. P. avium, i. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 51. 1831. 



Listed in this reference. 

 Guigne la Plus Hative. P. avium, i. MoxtUlet Le Cerisier 2:51-54., &g. 1866, 



Guigne mwhrie -pr&coce. 2. MasZ^ Verger 8:115, 116, fig. 56. 1866-73. 



Guigne d' Annonay. 3. Thomas Guide Prat. 15, 197. 1876. 



Fruit of medium size, cordate, often slightly elongated; skin thin, mottled with red 

 changing to almost black; stem moderately slender, set in a rather deep, wide cavity; 

 flesh purpUsh, tender, juicy, agreeably acidulated; pit small, ovoid; ripens the last of May. 

 Guigne Precoce Leo d'Ounons. P. avium, i. Rev. Hort. 65. 1881. 



This variety was foimd in an orchard near Vigne, France. The fruit is large and 

 sweet with an agreeably aromatic juice; ripens the first half of June. 

 Gtiigne Precoce de Mathere. P. avium, i. Thomas Gw^de Prat. 27. 1876. 



Early Mathere. 2. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 416. 1899. 



Tree vigorous; fruit of medium size, rotmdish-oval; stem short; skin red; flesh yeUow- 

 ish-red, juicy, sweet; stone small, clinging; early. 

 Guigne Precoce Ponctuee. P. avium, i. MortHlet Le Cerisier 2:208. 1866. 



A variegated cherry with uncolored juice, mentioned by MortiUet. 

 Guigne de Provence. P. avium, i. Thomas Guide Prat. 18. 1876. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 

 11:152. 1882. 3. Guide Prat. 18. 1895. 



Although very similar to Transparente de Coe, according to Guide Pratique, 1895, 

 Guigne de Provence is a distinct variety. Tree vigorous, productive; fruit of medium 

 size, obtuse-cordate; skin reddish-carmine; flesh rather firm, sweet; first quality; matures 

 the last half of June. 



Guigne Ramon Oliva. P- avium, i. Rev. Hort. 355. 1888. 2. Soc. Nat. Hort. France 

 Pom. 112 fig., 113. 1904. 



A chance seedling noticed first by M. Charoz6, horticulturist, at Pyramide-Trelaz^, 

 near Angers, France. Tree vigorous, productive; fruit large, usually borne in twos or threes, 

 roundish-cordate; suture indistinct; stem long; color brownish-black, glossy; flesh fine, 

 juicy, sweet; pit large, oval; ripens early in June. 

 Guigne Rose Hative. P. avium, i. Thomas Guide Prat. 24, 199. 1876. 



Kleine friihe rothe Herzkirsche. 2. Truchsess-Heim Kirschensort. 164. 1819. 



