Cerasus bigarella francofurtensis - Black Bigarreau Cherry
First described by Poiteau in 1807, the Black Bigarreau Cherry remains one of the most exclusive and flavorful varieties in French pomology.
First noticed in 1805 in M. Carrier's garden in Ville-d'Avray, it was later popularized by a nurseryman from Vitry with an evocative nickname: Chatenay known as "Magnifique," renowned as much for his expertise as for his art of collecting rare fruits.
Firm and crisp flesh, shiny black skin, purplish juice that stains the fingers: this cherry embodies gustatory excellence and botanical rarity.
The tree is distinguished by its upright habit, its well-nourished and non-drooping branches, unlike other bigarreau cherry trees.
Its leaves, a deep dark green, are oval-elliptic, edged with hairs on the veins, borne on a reddish petiole adorned with even redder glands.
Each tawny and robust fruit bud gives rise to three delicate white flowers, with petals sometimes notched in a heart shape.
The fruit, 22 millimeters long, wider towards the stem, hangs from a 54 millimeter pedicel.
Its purplish, mottled, firm, and juicy flesh offers an exceptional flavor. Ripening in late June, this cherry is among the best of its kind.
This plate is taken from Pierre-Antoine Poiteau and Pierre Jean François Turpin's Traité des Arbres Fruitiers, a botanical encyclopedia published between 1807 and 1835, a major reference in 19th-century naturalist illustration.
It combines the rigor of scientific drawing with a rare artistic sensibility, characteristic of the great plates from the golden age of illustrated botany.
Printing, support, shipping
- Each poster is printed using 12-color Giclée printing, the benchmark for art workshops for reproducing fine tones, subtle gradients, and the most delicate botanical details.
- 200 gsm paper weight, soft matte finish, 0.26 mm thickness: a finish close to the original engraving, sharp, glare-free, designed for hanging.
- Printed on FSC certified paper, individually printed to order.
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Shipped in a rigid protective tube.
