By Mr. Robert Thompson. 



20.) 



it is stated to be a variety of the Bigarreau Belle de Rocmond. 

 The difference, it is presumed, is extremely little, judging from the 

 description of that sort by the French authors ; but the trees ob- 

 tained for the Garden under that name having proved false, the 

 similarity could not be satisfactorily ascertained. 



18. Bigarreau Tardif de Hildesheim. 

 Syn. Hildesheimer ganz Spate Weisse Knorpel Kirsche. Christ 

 Pomol. 281. 



Spate Hildesheimer Marmor Kirsche. SicMer, 19. 131. 

 t. 11. 



Hildesheimer ganz Spate Knorpel Kirsche. Trucks. Syst. 

 321. 



Bigarreau Tardif de Hildesheim. Baum. Tasch. 449. 



Hildesheimer Spate Herz Kirsche. id. ibid. 



Bigarreau Blanc Tardif de Hildesheimer. Hort. Cat. No. 19. 



Tree vigorous ; branches spreading. Shoots of a yellowish chestnut colour, partially 

 covered with a grayish epidermis. Leaves very large, oblong, coarsely and irregularly 

 serrated; middle rib and veins beneath very prominent and slightly pubescent. Petioles 

 strong, from one and a half to upwards of two inches in length, furnished with two large 

 reniform glands. Fruit middle-sized, heart-shaped, somewhat flattened. Stalk slender, 

 upwards of two inches in length. Skin mottled, dark red next the sun, and pale yellow 

 mottled with red where less exposed. Flesh firm, pale yellow, and very good when well 

 ripened. Stone large, oval, a little dotted with red. 



A good bearer. Ripens in the end of August, or in September : 

 it might even be kept till the beginning of October in some places, 

 but it will not acquire flavour in too cold a situation. 



It may be proper to observe that when the tree is young, and 

 growing vigorously in rich soil, the fruit will be very imperfect. This 

 occasioned its being described as an inferior fruit in the Hort. Cat. 

 as above referred to. 



It was first brought into notice by Superintendent Cludius of 

 Hildesheim, where it has probably originated. It was received 



