=Bigarreau Galopin.= _P. avium._ =1.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =11=:159. 1882. Mentioned in this reference. =Bigarreau Glady.= _P. avium._ =1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =5=:206 fig. 1877. This variety was sent from the Jumard nursery about 1850 to Eugène Glady, Bordeaux, France. Fruit above medium in size, cordate, elongated; stem of medium length, set in a straight, deep cavity; skin brownish-red, striped with carmine; flesh a light rose color, firm, crisp, juicy, sugary, slightly acidulated; first quality; pit of medium size; ripens the first of June. =Bigarreau Grand.= _P. avium._ =1.= _Pom. France_ =7=:No. 13, Pl. 13. 1871. =2.= _Guide Prat._ 15. 1895. This cherry was introduced into the vicinity of Lyons, France, in 1849 by M. Grand who probably brought it from his nurseries in Italy. It has many characters in common with Lyons. Tree moderately vigorous, productive; fruit large, roundish-cordate, truncate at the base; suture wide, deep; stem medium, straight, set in a wide, deep cavity; skin thin, smooth, changing from a whitish-green to a rose-red and later to a deep crimson; flesh fine, half-tender, rose-colored, lighter near pit, with pale juice, sugary, aromatic; good; pit large, oval; season very early. =Bigarreau Groll.= _P. avium._ =1.= _Ill. Handb._ 135 fig., 136. 1860. =2.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =5=:207 fig., 208. 1877. _Grolls bunte Knorpelkirsche._ =3.= Truchsess-Heim _Kirschensort_. 328, 329. 1819. _Bigarreau blanc de Groll._ =4.= _Guide Prat._ 17, 182. 1895. This seedling from Guben, Prussia, Germany, bearing the name of its originator, has been known and rather widely written about since early in the Nineteenth Century. Tree of moderate vigor; fruit generally borne in pairs, large, cordate, truncate at the base; sides compressed and marked by a suture; stem long, set in a wide, shallow cavity; skin red, becoming darker, spotted and streaked; flesh yellowish, somewhat firm, juicy, aromatic; first quality; stone large, oval; ripens in June and hangs for a long time. =Bigarreau Gros Noir de Luther.= _P. avium._ =1.= Thomas _Guide Prat._ 22. 1876. Listed in the reference given. =Bigarreau Hâtif de Champagne.= _P. avium._ =1.= Thomas _Guide Prat._ 27. 1876. =2.= _Guide Prat._ 17. 1895. Found at Champagne, Ain, France, and introduced in 1873 by M. Fandon. The tree is an erect, vigorous grower; fruit large, brownish-black, ripening two weeks before Lyons; of little value. =Bigarreau Hâtif de Saint-Laud.= _P. avium._ =1.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =11=:107, 108, fig. 54. 1882. =2.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 337. 1889. Fruit large, cordate, slightly irregular in outline; stem rather short, set in a wide, round cavity; skin clear red, striped with deeper red changing to purple; flesh rather tender, tinged red, with abundant colored juice, sugary, vinous; good; pit small, ovoid, slightly compressed; matures the middle of June.