Black Bigarreau is an old variety of unknown origin quite distinct from any others of its class. Tree productive; fruit medium to large, heart-shaped, obscurely flattened; stem long; skin at first dotted with red, later becoming black, glossy; flesh firm, rather dry, with dark colored juice, breaking, sweet; not high in quality; ripens the last of June and the first of July. =Black Bigarreau of Savoy.= _P. avium._ =1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 185. 1845. =2.= _Ibid._ 256. 1857. _New Large Black Bigarreau._ =3.= Kenrick _Am. Orch._ 234, 235. 1841. =4.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 185. 1845. =5.= _Mag. Hort._ =16=:538 fig., 539. 1850. _Large Black Bigarreau of Savoy._ =6.= _Mag. Hort._ =8=:251. 1842. _Walsh Seedling._ =7.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 196, 197. 1854. _Bigarreau noir de Savoie._ =8.= Mas _Le Verger_ =8=:33, 34, fig. 15. 1866-73. The original tree of this variety was brought from the south of France by the father of George Walsh, Charlestown, Massachusetts. The tree came into bearing about 1840. In 1841, fruits were exhibited from trees introduced into American collections from Italy as New Large Black Bigarreau, and were thought by several people to be the Black Bigarreau of Savoy. Until 1857, all writers held these two varieties to be distinct but Downing then declared them to be the same and on his authority we combine the two. Tree vigorous, handsome; fruit large, regular, cordate, slightly obtuse; stem long, rather stout, set in a narrow, even cavity; skin smooth, not very glossy, nearly black when mature; flesh dark purplish-red, firm, juicy, sweet, rich, slightly adherent to the stone; pit rather large; ripens the middle of July. =Black Hungarian Gean.= _P. avium._ =1.= _Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 50. 1831. A round, black Guigne of second quality with tender, transparent flesh; used for dessert. =Black Margaret.= Species? =1.= Watkins _Cat._ 32. 1892. Described as a fine, black, very late, English cherry. =Black Prolific.= Species? =1.= _Lond. Hort Soc. Cat._ 55. 1831. Listed in the reference given. =Black Spanish.= _P. avium._ =1.= Rea _Flora_ 205. 1676. =2.= Truchsess-Heim _Kirschensort_. 177-180. 1819. _Schwarze oder Späte Herzkirsche._ =3.= Krünitz _Enc._ 60, 61. 1790. _Spanish._ =4.= Kenrick _Am. Orch._ 217. 1835. _Schwarze Spanische Knorpelkirsche._ =5.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =3=:37. 1858. _Bigarreau noir d'Espagne._ =6.= Thomas _Guide Prat._ 23, 189. 1876.