CHAPTER XXIV 



VARIETIES OF CHERRIES 



The cherry, of all hardy fruits, excepting, perhaps, the In- 

 sititia plums, is most fixed in its characters: as a consequence, 

 the differences between tree and fruit in the varieties are less 

 marked, and sorts come more nearly true to seed. In spite of 

 these facts, there are a great number of varieties, — the author 

 described 1145 in The Cherries of New York. The cherries in- 

 cluded in this chapter are now under common cultivation. 



INDEX TO VAEIETIES OF CHERRIES 



Bing, 502 Large Montmorency, 514 



Black Eagle, 509 Late Duke, 522 



Black Bepublican, 501 Louis Philippe, 519 



Black Tartarian, 511 May Duke, 517 



Brusseler Braune, 516 Montmorency, 513 



Coe, 507 Napoleon, 497 



Coe's Transparent, 507 Reine Hortense, 521 



Early Purple Guigne, 510 Republican, 501 



Early Richmond, 512 Boyal Ann, 497 



Elton, 504 Royal Duke, 520 



Empress Eugenie, 518 Schmidt, 499 



English Morello, 515 Schmidt 's Bigarreau, 499 



Governor Wood, 506 Windsor, 500 



Ida, 505 Wood, 506 



Knight Early Black, 508 Yellow Spanish, 498 



Lambert, 503 



KEY TO VARIETIES OF CHERRIES 



A. Cherries sweet. 



B. Flesh firm (Bigarreaus) 



C. Skin and flesh light-colored (Light 

 Bigarreaus) 

 D. Shape long-cordate, longer than wide ; 



• reddish at pit 497. Napoleon. 



DD. Shape short -cordate, shorter than 



Avide ; flesh not red at the pit 498. Yellow Spanish. 



CC. Skin and flesh dark-colored (Dark 

 Bigarreaus) 



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