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differing from all others. The tree is exceedingly productive, 

 and the fruit ripens just after the Black Tartarian, Black 

 Heart, and many other fine cherries are past, and forms a 

 link between them and the later varieties. As it partakes 

 more of the Bigarreau than of the Heart class of cherries, I 

 have thought it best to connect it by title to the former. 



PIGEON HEART BIGARREAU. Pr. cat. 



Pigeon^s Heart, Pr. Hort. 

 Bigarreau CcBur de Pigeon. } J)\ih 

 Gros Bigarreau hatif. \ 



This fruit is nine lines in height and the same in diameter ; 

 it is nearly equally diminished at the base and at the point, so 

 that it has rather the form of an abridged oval, than that of 

 a heart ; it is convex on one side, flattened on the other, 

 and marked with a very conspicuous suture ; the side exposed 

 to the sun is dark red, the other is a yellowish white, with a 

 slight tinge of rose colour ; the flesh is firm, crackling, and 

 of good flavour. The fruit ripens at the end of June. 



LARGE RED BIGARREAU. Pr. cat. 



Gros Bigarreau rouge. Duh. Pr. cat., 26th ed. 

 Bigarreautier a gros fruit. Duh. syn. 



The fruit of this variety is larger than the preceding one, 

 being ten lines in diameter and the same in height ; it. is a 

 little hollowed at the extremity, and flattened upon the two 

 principal sides, each of which is marked with a suture ; the 

 skin is shining, dark red on the part exposed to the sun, and 

 of a more delicate shade of red on the other side ; the flesh is 

 whitish, firm, succulent, and of a very rich and excellent taste. 

 This fruit is one of the best of its kind, and ripens at Paris 

 towards the end of July. 



LARGE WHITE BIGARREAU. Pr. cat. 



Bigarreau hlanc le gros. \ 

 Gros Bigarreau hlanc. > Duh. 



Bigarreautier a gros fruit hlanc. ) 



This fruit is of the same form and size as the preceding ; 



