=Bigarreau d'Italie.= _P. avium._ =1.= Mortillet _Le Cerisier_ =2=:102-104, 219, fig. 21. 1866. =2.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =5=:211, 212 fig. 1877. _Bohemian Black Bigarreau._ =3.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 69, 76, 94. 1866. _Black Bohemian._ =4.= Fish _Hardy-Fr. Bk._ =2=:104. 1882. This old variety was much esteemed by the Italians and later by the Belgians who grew it as early as 1815; it is of more recent introduction into France and England. It is sometimes confused with the Florence of Hogg and Downing. Fruit roundish, slightly heart-shaped, flattened at both ends; suture distinct; stem thick, short, inserted in an acute, deep cavity; skin firm, thick, glossy, very deep purple changing to black; flesh firm, dark, juicy, sugary, aromatic; pit medium, roundish-oval, convex, suture and grooves prominent; season the last two weeks of June. =Bigarreau Jacquet.= _P. avium._ =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 337. 1889. Listed in this reference. =Bigarreau Jumard.= _P. avium._ =1.= Leroy _Dict Pom._ =5=: 206. 1877. Mentioned as having been received by Eugène Glady, Bordeaux, Gironde, France, in a shipment of trees received about 1850 from the Jumard nursery. =Bigarreau Krüger.= _P. avium._ =1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =5=:215, 216 fig. 1877. _Bigarreau noir de Krüger._ =2.= Thomas _Guide Prat._ 22, 190. 1876. _Krüger's Schwarze Knorpelkirsche._ =3.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 366. 1889. This variety was introduced into France by M. Eugène Glady, 1858, from Guben, Prussia, Germany, and is thought to have been originated by one of the Krüger family. Tree vigorous, bears early; fruit large to above, cordate, more or less roundish, faces compressed; suture wide; stem long, slender, set in a large cavity; skin yellowish-white, mingled with red, changing to brownish; flesh pale yellow, rather firm, slightly fibrous, juicy, sweet though sprightly; pit large, elongated-oval, flat; ripens toward the middle of June. =Bigarreau Legrey.= _P. avium._ =1.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 69, 74. 1866. A small, cordate-shaped Bigarreau, more curious than useful. =Bigarreau de Lory.= _P. avium._ =1.= Truchsess-Heim _Kirschensort_. 205. 1819. _Bigarreau de Loire._ =2.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =11=:159. 1882. Mentioned as a medium-sized, dark brownish-red, firm-fleshed fruit. =Bigarreau Marjolet.= _P. avium._ =1.= _Guide Prat._ 7. 1895. _Guigne Marjolet._ =2.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =11=:135, 136, fig. 68. 1882. =3.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 360. 1889. _Bigarreau Marjeollais._ =4.= _Ibid._ 337. 1889. _Marjolets Knorpelkirsche._ =5.= _Proskauer Obstsort._ 57. 1907. The descriptions of the Guigne Marjolet and the Bigarreau Marjolet are identical and we have combined the two. The variety was named after its originator, M. Marjolet; tree vigorous, productive; fruit large, roundish-cordate, dark red; flesh tender, red, vinous, pleasing; ripens the middle of June. =Bigarreau Mongin.= _P. avium._ =1.= _Can. Exp. Farms Rpt._ 482. 1904.