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Do^^^le^'s Late Red, — Free, rapid grower, bead upright and 

 roundish. Fruit medium size, roundish, heart-shape. Skin of a 

 delicate red, mottled with amber where shaded, very tender, melt- 

 ing, luscious. Fruit hangs for considerable time on tree. A 

 heavy, regular bearer. Does not rot badly. Ripe about July 8th. 

 A good, late, tender variety. 



-Black Tartarian. 



There are many other heart cherries that might be described, but 

 it is the intention of this paper to give only the leading varieties; 

 some may have been omitted and their descriptions can be found in 

 the leading horticultural books. The same remarks may also be 

 applied to the iirm-fleshed kinds, only the leading varieties of which 

 will be given. 



