Noisette lists this variety under the Merisiers while others take it to be Toussaint which it resembles in habit of growth. Fruit large, roundish or heart-shaped, glossy black, with a long stem; flesh reddish-black, watery, sweet; season July; very productive. =Du Comte Egger.= Species? =1.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =11=:160. 1882. Listed, not described. =Du Nord Nouvelle.= _P. Cerasus._ =1.= Barry _Fr. Garden_ 326. 1851. Mentioned as a Morello from France ripening in August. Fruit of medium size, bright red, tender, acid; useful because of its lateness. =Duchesse d'Angoulême.= _P. Cerasus._ =1.= Mas _Le Verger_ =8=:155, 156, fig. 76. 1866-73. =2.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =5=:261. 1877. =3.= Ia. _Sta. Bul._ =73=:67, fig. 12. 1903. _Herzogin von Angouleme._ =4.= _Ill. Handb._ 535 fig., 536. 1861. Duchesse d'Angoulême is supposed to have come from the vicinity of Vienna, Austria, although some writers give France as its place of origin. It is often confused with other sorts. Tree large, vigorous, upright, slightly spreading, productive; fruit medium to above in size, roundish-oblate; stem rather long and thick, set in a large, deep cavity; skin firm, bright red; flesh yellowish white, tender, juicy, sprightly, agreeably aromatic at extreme maturity; quality fair to good; stone nearly round, slightly compressed; ripens from the middle to the end of June. =Duchesse de Palluau.= _P. avium × P. cerasus._ =1.= _Mag. Hort._ =19=:407 fig. 28. 1853. =2.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =5=:261, 262 fig. 1877. =3.= _Rev. Hort._ 236, 237, Pl. 1901. _Herzogin von Paluau._ =4.= _Ill. Handb._ 169 fig., 170. 1860. _Précoce Lemercier_ incor. =5.= Mortillet _Le Cerisier_ =2=:142-146, fig. 1866. Duchesse de Palluau was raised about 1840 by M. Pierre Bretonneau near Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France. In 1844 he gave cions of this variety, under the name Duchesse de Palluau, to Leroy who propagated and probably disseminated the sort. Tree large, productive; fruit medium to large, heart-shaped, compressed; stem long, slender; skin thin, dark purple becoming almost black; flesh tinged with red, juicy, brisk subacid becoming sweet; good in quality; stone nearly free, oblong-ovate, small; ripens in early mid-season. =Duke of Edinburgh.= _P. avium._ =1.= _Agr. Gaz. N. S. Wales_ =19=:998. 1908. Tree stunted, upright; fruit too small and soft for market; similar to Belle d'Orleans; ripens in November in Australia. =Dumas.= Species? =1.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =11=:160. 1882. Mentioned in the reference given. =Dunkelrothe Knorpelkirsche.= _P. avium._ =1.= Truchsess-Heim _Kirschensor_. 680-682. 1819. _Bigarreau à Longue Queue._ =2.= Mortillet _Le Cerisier_ =2=:121, 122 fig., 123, 219. 1866. _Bigarreau Rouge Foncé._ =3.= _Ibid._ =2=:302. 1866. _Bigarreau Violet._ =4.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =5=:249 fig. 1877.