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D. Flesh dark red; stone free, round; 



early 517. May Duke. 



DD. Flesh pale red; stone clinging, ovate, 



oblique 518. Empress Eugenie. 



CC. Fruit large, 1 inch in diameter; flesh 



light red; stone free, ovate; midseason... 519. Louis Philippe. 

 BB. Flesh yellowish or amber. 



C. Fruit small, early; flesh and juice tinged 



with red 520. Eoyal Duke. 



CC. Fruit large, midseason or late; flesh not 

 tinged red. 



D. Shape oblong-conic, amber red, mid- 

 season; flesh pale yellow 521. Reine Hortense. 



DD. Shape round-cordate, dark red, very 



late ; flesh amber 522. Late Duke. 



DIVISION A. SWEET CHERRIES 



Section I. Firm-fleshed Cherries (Bigarrk4Us) 



Group 1. Light-colored Bigarremis 



497. Napoleon (Fig. 145). Royal Ann. — Napoleon is the 

 leading firm-fleshed sweet cherry, by virtue of 

 the large size, handsome appearance, and high 

 quality of the fruit, and the phenomenal pro- 

 ductiveness of the trees. The rich sweet 

 flavor, with abundant juice and firm crack- 

 ling flesh, makes this a most delicious cherry 

 for dessert, and, with the great size and at- 

 tractive color, give it preference over all other 

 sweet cherries for canning. The trees come 

 in bearing early, and are vigorous, hardy, and 

 healthy. They may be known by their up- 

 right growth and large sturdy limbs. Napo- 

 leon is not, however, Avithout its faults. The 

 cherries crack badly in wet weather and the 

 tree is fastidious as to soils. Early in the 

 eighteenth century Napoleon was grown by 

 Germans, French, Dutch and English, — proof 

 that it is a very old variety. It has been in America for at least 

 a century. 



Fig. 145. Napoleon. 



