I tested this cherry, and the fruit is identical with the "Black Bigarreau of Savoy," and in the whole catalogue of cherries there is not one variety that bears any similitude to this, except the "Tradescant's Black," and that is readily distinguishable by the growth of the tree, as well as the fruit. It was imported by me about the year 1824, from the Nursery at Tonnelle in the Mediterranean, France, afterwards from the Nursery at Milan, Italy. In their catalogues now before me, it is called " Bigarreau noir de Savoie." It is a very large round black cherry, of fine appearance, and strikingly distinct from every other variety known among us, and no cherry like it could have been produced from any other but itself. Mr. Walker asks - "If Mr. Walsh's cherry is not a seedling, why have we not in 15 or 20 years found it imported from Europe V The answer is very simple and explicit. The Black Bigarreau of Savoy Cherry is not found in any Belgian, or English, or Paris, or Angers, or Orleans Nursery Catalogue, and it is from these that Americans make their selections. It is emphatically an Italian variety, and seems to be but little known, except in that country, and in that part of Mediterranean France close bordering thereto.

I have never seen it named in but two French Catalogues, both of that region. They know nothing about this cherry at Paris or London. My specimen tree on mahaleb is now 80 feet high. I will now refer to another most important cherry from the same region.