194 THE FKUIT MANUAL.' 



BIGARREAU REVERCHON {Bigarreau Papal).— ^rnii, large, 

 obtuse heart-shaped, often uneven in its outline, marked with a dis- 

 tinct suture on one side. Skin, smooth, shining, tough, and mem- 

 branous, at first of a yellowish white, striped and stained with red, 

 but when perfectly ripened deep purplish red. Stalk, stout, green, 

 an inch and a half long, inserted in a deep and irregular cavity. 

 Flesh, with a rosy tint, firm and breaking, richly flavoured, but not 

 very juicy. 



A very excellent cherry ; ripe in the end of July and August. 



It is an Italian variety, introduced to Lyons by M. Paul Eeverchon, brother of 

 the excellent treasurer of the Congr^s Pomologique. 



Bigarreau Eibaucourt. See Bigarreau. 



Bigarreau Rouge. See Belle de Eocmont. 



Bigarreau Royal. See Bigarreau. 



Bigarreau Tardif, See Bigarreau. 



Bigarreau Tardif de Hildesheim. See Bigarreau de Hildesheim. 



Black Bud of Buckinghamshire. See Corone. 



Black Caroon. See Corone. 



Black Circassian. See Black Tartarian. 



BLACK EAGLE. — Fruit, large, growing in clusters of two and 

 three, produced in large bunches on the spurs; roundish heart-shaped, 

 considerably depressed, so much so as to be almost roundish oblate. 

 Skin, of a very deep purple, becoming almost quite black when highly 

 ripened. Stalk, an inch and a half long, rather slender. Flesh, 

 tender, deep purple, with a very rich, sweet, and most delicious flavour. 

 Stone, small, and veined. 



A very richly flavoured and excellent cherry ; ripe the beginning of 

 July, and succeeding the May Duke. The tree is a very free grower, 

 with mitch the habit of the May Duke, is quite hardy, and an excellent 

 bearer. It succeeds well as a standard, and is also well adapted for 

 training against a wall. 



This excellent cherry was raised at Downtou Castle, about the year 1810, by 

 Miss Elizabeth Knight, daughter of T. A. Knight, Esq., from the seed of the 

 Graffion or Bigairreau, fertilised by the pollen of the May Duke. 



BLACK HAWK. — Large, obtuse heart-shaped, uneven in its out- 

 line, and compressed on the sides. Skin, deep, shining, blackish 

 purple. Stalk, about an inch and a half long. Flesh, dark purple, 

 tolerably firm, rich, and sweet. 



An American cherry. Ripe in the middle and end of July. 



BLACK HEART {AnselVs Fine Black; Early Black: Laciire ; 

 Spanish Black Heart ; Guiyiie Noire ; Ouigne Orosse Noire ; Qrosse 

 Schwarze Herzldrsche). — Fruit, pretty large, distinctly and truly heart- 

 shaped, undulating and uneven on its surface, sometimes quite mis- 



