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A cherry of first-rate excellence; ripe in the middle and end of 

 July. The -tree is exceedingly vigorous, very hardy, an abundant 

 bearer even when young, and admirably adapted for orchard planting. 



Among the French there are many varieties of the Bigarreau, several of which 

 are mentioned by Duharael, but there is none of them which can be identified with 

 this unless it is the Bigarreau a Gros Fruit Rouge. Forsyth gives the Cerisier 

 Ambree of Duhamel as a synonym of this, whicli is decidedly an error. I have 

 doubts whether the Ambree is a Bigarreau at all. In the Horticultural Society's 

 Catalogue Harrison's Heart is made synonymous with this, but it is evidently 

 different. The variety described above is the true Bigarreau, and is easily distin- 

 guished from the Harrison's Heart by its broader foliage and its more round and 

 even fruit. 



Bigarreau a Gros Fruit Blanc. See Belh de Eocmont. 



Bigarreau Belle de Rocmont. See BeUe de Rocmont. 



Bigarreau Blanc de Drogan. See Drogan's White Bigarreau. 



Bigarreau Blanc Tardif de Hildesheim. See Bigarreau de Hilda- 

 sheim. 



Bigarreau Gouleur de Chair. See Belle de Eocmont. 



BIGARREAU DE HILDESHEIM {Hildesheimer Ganz Spdte 

 KnorpelJdrsche ; Hildesheimer Spate Herzkirsche ; Bigarreau Blanc Tardif 

 de Hildesheim; Bigarreau Marbre de Hildesheim). — Fruit, medium 

 sized, heart-shaped, flattened on one side, which is marked with a 

 shallow suture, but convex on the other. Skin, shining, pale yellow, 

 marbled with red on the shaded side, but of a fine dark red on the 

 side exposed to the sun. Stalk, two inches long, somewhat curved, 

 and set in a shallow cavity. Flesh, yellow, very firm, but not par- 

 ticularly juicy, and when well ripened of an excellent sweet flavour. 

 The stone is large, long, and compressed, but scarcely marked with a 

 furrow. 



This is a valuable cherry on account of its late ripening, which 

 under ordinary circumstances is the end of August and beginning of 

 September, but if grown in a shaded situation it is not ready till 

 October, and wUl hang on the tree till November. The tree is a strong 

 and vigorous grower, producing long, straight, and thick shoots, and 

 very large oblong leaves. It is a regular and generally an abundant 

 bearer. 



This variety is of German origin, and is supposed to have originated in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Hildesheim, where it was first brought into notice by Superintendent 

 Claudens, who communicated it to the Rev. J. C. Christ, and by whom it was first 

 brought into notice. 



BIGARREAU DE HOLLANDE (Dutch Bigarreau ; Spotted Bigar- 

 recm; Armstrong's Bigo-i^eau; Holldndische Grosse ; Princesse de Hol- 

 Ignde ; Groote Princesse). — Fruit, produced in clusters, of the largest 

 size, regulq,rjy an(J handsoraely heart-shaped, sUghtly compressed on 

 one side an4 marked with a very shallow suture on the other. Skin, 

 adhering closely to th.e pulp, p%le yellow on the shaded side, but of a 



