By Mr. Robert Thompson. 



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§ II, Fruit heart-shaped or oval, pale yellow and red. 



12. BlGARREAU. 



Syn. Bigarreau or Graffion. Hooher, Pom. Lond. t. 46. Broohsh. 



9, t. 10. Forsyth, ed. 7, 79. LindL Guide, 148. Hort. 



Cat. No. 15. 

 Turkey Bigarreau. Lindl. Guide, 148. 

 Bigarreau Tardif. La Bret. Jard. Fruit. 2, 50. 

 Gros Bigarreau. id* ibid. 

 Bigarreau Royal, id. ibid. 

 Italian Heart. 

 Harrison's Heart. 

 West's White Heart. 

 Bigarreau Gros. 

 Bigarreau de Hollande. 



Tree vigorous, strong-growing, and rather upright at first, afterwards spreading. 

 Shoots yellowish-brown, their base sprinkled with a grayish epidermis. Leaves large, 

 oblong, somewhat waved on the margin, rather sharply, but not so deeply serrated as 

 many of this class. Veins beneath prominent, and slightly pubescent. Petioles on the 

 young shoots about an inch and a half in length, moderately strong, and generally fur- 

 nished with two roundish reniform glands, about a quarter of an inch from the base of the 

 leaf, where two others, nearly round, are usually situated. Flowers middle-sized. Petals 

 oval. Stamens slender, irregular in length. Fruit large, obtusely heart-shaped, slightly 

 flattened along the suture, and a little depressed on the apex. Stalk from one and a 

 half to two inches in length, of moderate thickness. Skin, where shaded, of a clear 

 waxy white, the exposed part bright red, slightly mottled with an amber colour, and 

 gradually fading off toward the pale or shaded part. Flesh firm, pale yellow, or nearly 

 white, sweet, and well flavoured. Stone small for the size of the fruit, roundish-ovate. 



Ripens in the end of July, or beginning of August. In the 

 southern parts of the kingdom it will succeed as a standard ; in 

 the northern it will require a wall. 



