This variety was raised by M. Bordan of Guben, Prussia, Germany, and was first described by Oberdieck. Leroy lists it as a Bigarreau as he believes the flesh is too firm for a Guigne as many Germans have described it. Tree hardy, productive; fruit usually borne in pairs, elongated-cordate, sides and base often compressed; suture shallow; stem long, slender, set in a wide, deep cavity; skin glossy, yellowish, spotted and streaked with red, becoming almost entirely washed with red in the sun; flesh tender, whitish, juicy, sugary, slightly acidulated, pleasing; stone medium, oval, turgid; season early. =Bigarreau de Bourget.= _P. avium._ =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 335. 1889. Listed without a description by Mathieu. =Bigarreau Brun.= _P. avium._ =1.= Knoop _Fructologie_ =2=:35. 1771. Not described. =Bigarreau de Capucins.= _P. avium._ =1.= _Gard. Chron._ N. S. =19=:255. 1883. _Kapuziner Knorpel._ =2.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 364. 1889. This variety is little known out of Belgium. Tree vigorous, productive; fruit large, obtuse-oblong, regular, depressed at the ends; skin amber-yellow, blushed with red; flesh white, crisp, juicy. =Bigarreau de la Caserne.= _P. avium._ =1.= _Gard. Chron._ 663. 1866. According to the reference this variety is spoken of in _La Belgique Horticole_ as a variety with prodigious leaves, yellow fruit dashed with red and of good quality. =Bigarreau Cayenne.= _P. avium._ =1.= Thomas _Guide Prat._ 22. 1876. =2.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =5=:186 fig. 1877. _Cayenner Knorpelkirsche._ =3.= _Proskauer Obstsort._ 55. 1907. This variety was received by Leroy in 1857 from Angouleme, Charente, France. Fruit generally borne in pairs; of medium size, oval, somewhat cylindrical, compressed at the extremities, with a large, rather deep suture; apex generally prominent; stem long; cavity broad and regular; skin thick, yellow, washed with pale red changing to lively red in the sun; flesh yellowish, firm, brittle, juicy, sweet, slightly sugary and aromatic; pit large, oval, slightly convex; ripens the last of June to the first of July. =Bigarreau de Châlons.= _P. avium._ =1.= Mortillet _Le Cerisier_ =2=:131, 132, 209. 1866. A local variety, widely known in the departments of Jura and Saône-et-Loire, France, as Châlonnaise. Fruit large, roundish-cordate, depressed at the base, one face flattened, the other bulged; suture slight; stem short; skin a deep purple tint in the sun, spotted with clear red in the shade; flesh white or of a slight rose color, with uncolored juice, sugary, aromatic; pit small; season the middle of June. =Bigarreau de Champvans.= _P. avium._ =1.= Thomas _Guide Prat._ 27. 1876. =2.= _Guide Prat._ 17. 1895. This is an excellent cherry of the Bigarreau type with colored juice and transparent skin, which originated in the department of Saône-et-Loire, France; said in the second reference to be similar to Napoleon. =Bigarreau Corniola.= _P. avium._ =1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =5=:191, 192 fig. 1877.