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red on the other, and to such party-coloured fruit the word was 

 originally applied. With regard to this, Mayer, in the Pomona 

 Franconica, (vol. ii. p. 34) states that the word " Bigarreau is de- 

 rived from bigarrure, which itself is a corruption of the Latin bis 

 variare, these Cherries being called bis varii, because they are 

 bigarree with white and red, or white and black. In the new 

 Duhamel it is mentioned that those Cherries only whose skin, and 

 sometimes flesh, is tiquetee, or bigariee with different colours, were 

 at one time called Bigarreaux ; but at length the signification of 

 the word was neglected, and according to custom at the present 

 time, all the heart-shaped Cherries which have the flesh firm and 

 croquant are arranged under the head of Bigarreaux. 



The trees of these three divisions have a near resemblance to 

 each other, and in many respects they absolutely agree. They are 

 comprehended in the first general division of the following classifi- 

 cation, so that further explanation of their characters is here 

 unnecessary. 



4th. The Cerisiers. These, and also the Griottiers, are very 

 distinct from those already treated of. They include the Cherries 

 whose fruit has a tender aqueous pulp, more or less acid ; they 

 can also be known by their wood, leaves, and flowers, according to 

 which they are comprehended under the second class, or general 

 division, in the arrangement about to be submitted. The May 

 Duke, and Kentish or Flemish, are typical varieties of the Cerisiers. 



5th. The Griottiers. Formerly these were written Agriottiers, 

 probably from the sharpness of their juice ; a quality which pre- 

 vails more or less in all of them. The distinction, however, is very 

 indefinite between them and the Cerisiers; the Morello tribe 

 chiefly composes this division. In Noisette's Manuel it is headed 

 Cerisiers clu Nord, or Griottiers. 



Although the distinctions of these divisions are in some cases 

 sufficiently definite, yet it will have been remarked from what lias 



