This variety probably originated in Northern France. Fruit globular, flattened at the ends, large, usually borne in twos; stem long; cavity large, deep; skin transparent, red, more intense in the sun; flesh yellow, rose-colored under the skin, sweet, juicy, acidulated; pit small, oval, round; ripens about the middle of June. =Belle de Rochelle.= Species? =1.= _Gard. Chron._ 1068. 1861. Mentioned as remarkable for its size, its abundant juice and rich flavor which are said to make it one of the best fruits of its season. Its long stems facilitate picking. =Belle de Rocmont.= _P. avium_ =1.= Duhamel _Trait. Arb. Fr._ =1=:167, 168. 1768. _Glanzende goldgelb und roth marmorirte Kramelkirsche._ =2.= Kraft Pom. Aust. =1=:3, Tab. 5 fig. 2. 1792. _Schöne von Rocmont._ =3.= Truchsess-Heim _Kirschensort_. 311-316. 1819. _Pigeon's Heart._ =4.= Prince _Treat. Hort._ 30. 1828. _Bigarreau belle de Rocmond._ =5.= _Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 46. 1831. _Coeur de Pigeon Gros._ =6.= _Ibid._ 48. 1831. _Pigeon Heart Bigarreau._ =7.= Prince _Pom. Man._ =2=:127. 1832. _Bigarreau de Rocmont._ =8.= Poiteau _Pom. Franc._ =2=:No. 6, Pl. 1846. _Rocmonter Marmorkirsche._ =9.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =3=:39. 1858. _Rothe Spanische Marmorkirsche._ =10.= _Ibid._ 39, 40. 1858. Belle de Rocmont is so similar to Yellow Spanish that some writers consider them the same. If not the same they are so nearly so that a description of this variety is unnecessary. =Belle de Saint Tronc.= _P. avium._ =1.= Thomas _Guide Prat._ 27. 1876. =2.= _Flor. & Pom._ 117. 1878. =3.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 334, 359. 1889. This Heart cherry was introduced in 1873 by M. Antonie, Marseilles, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. It is described by the French as a brownish-black cherry but Rivers lists it as a light red sort. Fruit cordate; stem short; brownish-black; flesh deep red, juicy; first quality; early; productive. =Belle Vezzouris.= Species? =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 278. 1857. =2.= Thomas _Am. Fruit Cult._ 664. 1897. A medium to large, light red, somewhat transparent cherry with a subacid flavor; quality good; ripens with Downer. =Belle de Voisery.= _P. avium._ =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 334. 1889. =2.= _Guide Prat._ 17. 1895. Similar to Duchesse de Palluau according to _Guide Pratique._ =Bender= (of Michigan). _P. cerasus._ =1.= Wood _Cat._ 32. 1912. This is a seedling found by a man named Bender near Shelby, Michigan. It ripens between Early Richmond and Montmorency, surpassing the latter in size, color and quality; sour. =Bender= (of New York). _P. avium × P. cerasus._ _Marguerite._ =1.= McKay _Cat._ 7. 1912.