506 



AMYGDALACEiE. V. Cerasus. 



\ 



the end of July. Flesh firm. A first-rate table fruit. Does 

 best against a south wall. 



38 Churchill's heart. Fruit large, pale yellow and red. 

 Flesh firm. A first-rate table fruit. Does well as a standard. 



39 Guigne grosse blanche. Fruit pale yellow and red. Flesh 

 firm. A second-rate table fruit, ripening about the middle of 

 July. Does best against a south wall. 



40 Guigne grosse rouge hdtive. Fruit red. Flesh firm. A 

 second-rate table fruit, ripening about the beginning of July. 

 Does best as a standard. 



41 Kruger^s herz Kersche zu Frankfort. Fruit red and pale 



8 Bigarreau notr tardif Lois, in Duham. ed. nov. p. 1?. no. 

 27. t. 18. f. A. 





Far. y, mamillaris (Ser. mss.) fruit ovate, ending in a drop- 

 like process at end, with the suture more profound at the base. 

 To this variety belong the following sorts oi cherries : 



1 



fi 



tabac, PrUnus macrophylla (Poir. suppl. 5. p. 584.), 



feuilles de 

 Cerasns 



yellow ; flesh firm. Ripening in July. Does best against a large. Fruit middle-sized, heart-shaped. 



folia 



Flesh firm. 



Leaves 



A 



south wall. ' 



42 Lady Southampton's yellow. Fruit yellow. Flesh firm. 

 A second-rate table fruit, ripening in July and August. Does 

 best as a standard. Lady Soutfiampton' s duke cherry^ Lady 

 Southampton's golden-drop^ yellow or golden cherry. 



43 Large heart cherry, 



44 Late ox Spanish heart. 



45 Lukeward's heart. Fruit blush. Flesh half tender. A 

 second-rate table fruit, ripening in July. A bad bearer. Does 

 well as a standard. 



46 Maple heart* Fruit red. Flesh firm. A bad fruit. 



47 Red heart. Fruit red. Flesh firm, ripening in July. A 

 second-rate sort and a shy bearer. 



48 Remington heart. 



49 Shailer's new grizzly. Fruit yellow and red. Flesh hard. 

 An useless sort, ripening m July. Does as a standard. 



50 Guigne grosse blanche^ guigne a gros fruit blanc (Dub. 

 arb. fr. 1. p. 161. 1. 1. f. 3.). Fruit pale yellow and red, heart- 

 shaped. Flesh firm. A worthless fruit, ripening middle of 

 July. 



Far. /3, ohfusata (Ser. mss.) fruit ovate, obtuse, or 2-lobed at 

 the apex, with the suture hardly depressed. To this variety 

 belong the following kinds of cherries : 



1 BigarreaUf graffion^ bigarreau gros^ bigarreau d'Hollande, 

 Italian hearty Harrisons hearty West's white heart. Fruit pale 

 yellow and red, obtuse, heart-shaped, large, ripening in July 

 and August. Flesh firm. A first-rate table fruit. Does best 

 as a standard. 



2 Bigarreau Napoleon, bigarreau Lauermann, Lauerniann^s 

 grosse Kirsche. Fruit large, pale yellow and red, obtuse, heart- 

 shaped. Flesh firm. A first rate dessert fruit. Does best on 

 a south wall. 



3 Bigarreau rouge. Fruit large, pale yellow and red, obtuse, 

 heart-shaped. Flesh firm. Hardly different from the bigar- 

 reau. A good dessert fruit. 



4 Guigne grosse noir luisante. Fruit middle-sized, blood- 

 coloured, obtuse, heart-shaped. Flesh firm. A second-rate 

 dessert fruit, ripening in the beginning of July. Does well as 

 a standard ; the branches are pendulous. A good bearer* 



5 Black Tartarian, Tartarian, Fraser's black, Fraser*s Tar- 

 tariauy Fraser's black heart, Ronald's black heart, Circassian, 



Fruit blood-coloured, large, obtuse, heart- 

 shaped. Flesh half tender. A first-rate table fruit, ripening 

 about the end of June. In appearance it is the finest. Does 

 best against a walL 



6 JVhite Tartarian, Fraser^s white Tartarian^ Fraser's white 



black Russian. 



transparent. Fruit middle-sized, pale yellow, obtuse, heart- 

 shaped. Flesh half tender. A second-rate dessert fruit, ripen- 

 ing beginning of July. Does well as a standard. 



NorwegCf Lois, in Duham. ed. 

 nov. 5. p. 17. no. 36. 1. 18. f. B. 



worthless fruit, ripening about the end of July. 



2 Gascoignes heart, red heart of some, bleeding heart, Here- 

 fordshire heart, guigne rouge hdtive. Fruit middle-sized, dark 



red, heart-shaped, the apex terminating in the form of a drop. 

 Flesh half tender. A second-rate fruit, ripening in July. 



3 Bigarreau j^iq^^^t, guigne piquante, guigne a piquet, Lois. 



in Duham. ed. nov. 5. p. 13. no. 12. t. 16. f. A. 



Hard ^ 



4 C. Julia'na (D. C. 

 fl. fr. 4. p. 482.) branches 

 ascending when young, 

 but when in an adult state 

 hardly spreading; flowers 

 rising with the leaves ; 

 fruit ovate, depressed, 

 heart-formed ; flesh of 

 fruit sweet, rather soft, 

 epicarp adhering to the 

 flesh 



May 

 FIG. 64. 



b.H. 



leaves glabrous. 

 Native of Eu- 



rope. The varieties of 



geans 



or 



this species of cherry are commonly called guigniers, 

 heaumiers. The sorts are as follow : 



Fruit middle-sized, black, obtuse, heart- 

 A first-rate dessert fruit, ripening begin- 

 either as a standard or 



1 Black eagle. 

 shaped ; flesh tender. 



ning of July, 

 wall tree. 



A good bearer. Does 



2 Bowyer's early heart. 

 sized. Flesh tender. A 



Fruit obtuse, heart-shaped, middle- 

 good bearer and excellent middle- 



sized cherry, ripening about the end of June. ,, 



3 Amber gean. Fruit pale red, obtuse, heart-shaped, small. 



Flesh tender. A first-rate table fruit, ripening end of July* 



Does well as a standard. An abundant bearer. 



4 



6 



7 



Black gean. 

 Black 



Useless fruit. 



gean. 

 Early gean. 

 Flemish gean. Fruit small, red, obtuse, heart-shaped 



Flesh 



half tender. A second-rate dessert fruit, ripening end ot Jmy- 



. Fruit middle-sized, amber-coloured, ob- 

 Flesh half tender. A second-rate desser 



Does best as a standard. , 



Fruit middle-sized, black, rouna. 



I 



Does well as a standard. 



8 Hungarian gean 

 tuse, heart-shaped, 

 fruit, ripening in July. 



9 Black Hungarian gean. ^*« . . , 



Flesh tender. A second-rate dessert fruit, ripening in July- 



10 White Hungarian gean. Fruit middle-sized, amber-co^ 

 loured, obtuse, heart-shaped. Flesh tender, transparent 

 second-rate dessert-fruit, ripening in July. Does best 



standard. a di- 



ll Late gean. Fruit black, heart-shaped, small. A wor 



less fruit, ripening about the end of July. , . 



12 Large black gean. Fruit black, middle-sized, nearv 

 shaped. Flesh firm. A worthless kind, ripening end ot Ju y. 



13 Lundie gean. Fruit black, heart-shaped, nnddle-su^- 



as a 



