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gradually becoming suffused with red, and ultimately acquiring a uni- 

 form clear bright red. Stalk, an inch to an inch and a half long. Flesh, 

 yellowish, tender, and sub-acid. Kipe from the middle and end of 

 August. 



The tree is an immense bearer, and forms a handsome pyramid. 



BELLE D'OELEANS.— Fruit, medium sized, roundish, inclining 

 to heart-shaped. Skin, pale yellowish white in the shade, but of a 

 thin bright red next the sun, Flesh, yellowish white, tender, juicy, and 

 rich. 



Eipe in the beginning and middle of June. One of the earliest and 

 richest flavoured cherries. 



Belle de Petit Brie. See Reine Hortenae. 



Belle de Prapeau. See Reine Hortense. 



BELLE DE EOCMONT {Bigarreau Couleur de Chair ; Bigarreau 

 Oros Cceuret; Bigarreau Rouge ; Coeuret; Cceur de Pigeon; Schbne von 

 Boanont ; Buntes Taubenherz; Marcelin; Bigarreau a Gros Fruit Blanc; 

 Rothe Spanische). — Fruit, of medium size, not so large as the Bigar- 

 reau ; obtuse heart-shaped, compressed on one side, which is marked 

 with a broad and deep suture. Skin, thin and shining, of a pale yel- 

 lowish white, with a few red dots on the shaded side, but marbled with 

 pale and dark red on the side next the sun. Stalk, pretty stout, two 

 inches or more in length. Flesh, white, rather tender and juicy for 

 a Bigarreau, and of a sweet and excellent flavour. 



It is ripe in the end of July. The tree is hardy, pendulous in its 

 growth, and an excellent bearer. The fruit is not of so rich a flavom- 

 as the Bigarreau ; it is earlier, and the tree being an abundant bearer 

 it may be profitably grown as a market fruit. 



Belle de Sceaux. See Belle de Magnijlque, 

 Belle de Spa. See Belle de Magnifique, 

 Belle Polonaise. See Griotte de Klepar,ow. 

 Belle Supreme. See Reine Hortense. 



BIGAEEEAU {Grafflon; Turkey Beart ; Italian Heart: West's 

 White Heart ; Bigarreau Tardif ; Bigarreau Gros; Bigarreau Royal; 

 Yellow Spanish). — Fruit, very large, obtuse heart-shaped, considerably 

 flattened at the stalk, on the side marked with a shallow suture, 

 and slightly depressed at the apex, less heart-shaped than most of the 

 other Bigarreaux. Skin, finely marked with a bright red cheek, which 

 is speckled with amber where exposed to the sun, and shading off to a 

 paler colour interspersed with crimson dots to the shaded side, which 

 is of a pale amber, changing to brownish yellow when fully ripe. Stalk, 

 from an inch and a half to two inches long, stout, and inserted in a 

 flat and considerable depression. Flesh, of a very pale yellow, very 

 firm, crackling and juicy, with a rich, sweet, and delicious flavour. 



