VARIETIES OF CHERRIES 



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yet is worth planting. The two faults that 

 condemn it are : the cherries ripen very un- 

 evenly, and the trees are so small that, though 

 loaded with fruit, the total yield is not large. 

 The short stem also prevents easy picking. 

 The cherries are of the best. This variety 

 appeared in 1845 as a chance seedling near 

 Paris, France. 



Tree small, not very vigorous, upright, becoming 

 round-topped, very productive. Flowers midseason, 

 1^/4 inches across, white; borne in very dense clusters 

 in threes and fours. Fruit midseason; % inch in 

 diameter, round-conic to oblate-conic ; compressed ; 

 cavity narrow ; suture very shallow, indistinct ; apex 

 flattened or depressed ; color dark red ; dots numerous, 

 small, dark russet, obscure; stem 1^4 inches long, 

 adherent to the fruit; skin tough, separating from 

 the pulp, flesh pale red with pink juice, tender, meaty, 

 sprightly, pleasantly flavored, tart; of good quality; 

 with smooth surfaces. 



Fig. 165. Empress 

 Eugenie. 



FtG 



Group 10. Large Dukes 



519. Louis Philippe (Fig. 166).— Some writers call Louis 

 Philippe a Duke, while others place it with 

 the Morellos. The fruit shows many charac- 

 teristics of the Morellos, but the tree appears 

 to be a Duke, so that it is probably a hybrid 

 between the two groups. The fruit is large, 

 globular, deep red, glossy, with a rich, vinous, 

 subacid flavor ; eaten out of hand it would be 

 rated as a very good Morello or a somewhat 

 mediocre Duke. It is one of the earliest of 

 the Morello-like cherries, and this advantage 

 may give it a place in the cherry flora of the 

 country. The trees are large and vigorous, 

 and their much-branched round tops would 

 seem to give the maximum amount of bear- 

 Philippe, iiig surface, but the cherries do not set abun- 



