Fruit matures the last of June or early in July; large, obtuse-cordate, broad at the base, convex on one side, flattened on the other; stem one and one-half to two inches in length, slender; color dark purplish-red becoming nearly black at maturity; skin thin; flesh purplish-red becoming darker next to the stone, firm but tender, juicy, fine flavored, sweet; good in quality; stone separating readily from the pulp, small, roundish-ovate, compressed. WHITE BIGARREAU _Prunus avium_ =1.= Thacher _Am. Orch._ 217. 1822. =2.= Prince _Pom. Man._ =2=:125. 1832. =3.= _Mag. Hort._ =8=:283. 1842. =4.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 180 fig., 181. 1845. =5.= Thomas _Am. Fruit Cult._ 366. 1849. =6.= McIntosh _Bk. Gard._ =2=:541. 1855. _Tradescant._ =7.= Coxe _Cult. Fr. Trees_ 250. 1817. _White Oxheart._ =8.= Kenrick _Am. Orch._ 278. 1832. White Bigarreau is a cherry of the past, having been considered one of the good sorts of a century ago. Rivers, the English pomologist, believed it to have come originally from Russia. It is reputed to have been brought to America from France by Chancellor Livingston of Revolutionary fame. Thacher, in 1822, described the variety first under its present name. The variety, as the synonymy shows, has been grown under many names both in America and Europe. In 1845, according to Downing, this cherry was common in the neighborhood of New York and Philadelphia but since Downing's time no one seems to have mentioned it. The variety is usually spoken of in the United States as neither hardy nor productive. The fruit books describe it as follows: Tree medium in size, spreading, very tender, unproductive; leaves narrow, waved. Fruit matures the last of June or early in July; large to very large, heart-shaped, somewhat pointed; color yellowish-white with a bright red cheek, mottled; flesh very firm, breaking, pleasantly flavored, sweet; very good in quality; stone separating readily from the flesh. WHITE HEART _Prunus avium_ =1.= Bradley _Gard._ 211. 1739. =2.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 173, 174 fig. 1845. =3.= Elliott _Fr. Book_ 216. 1854. =4.= _Horticulturist_ =15=:327, Pl. fig. 1. 1860. =5.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 315. 1884. _Amber Heart._ =6.= Miller _Gard. Kal._ 154. 1734. =7.= _Jour. Roy Hort. Soc._ =21=:355. 1898. _Frühe Bernsteinkirsche._ =8.= Truchsess-Heim _Kirschensort._ 304, 305. 1819. =9.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =3=:39. 1858. =10.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =11=:45, 46, fig. 23. 1882. =11.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 348. 1889. _Kentish Bigarreau._ =12.= Bunyard-Thomas _Fr. Gard._ 43. 1904.