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dantly. Elliott, the American poniolojrist, imported Louis 

 Philippe from France in 1846. 



Tree vigorous, upright -spreading, open-topped. Fruit midseason or later, 

 1 inch in diameter, round-ovate; cavity abrupt; suture very shallow to a 

 mere line; apex flattened, depressed; color very dark red; dots numerous, 

 unusually small, obscure; stem li/i-lVo inches long, adhering to the fruit; 

 flesh light red, uith much wine-colored juice, fine-grained, tender and 

 melting, sour at first, becoming pleasantly tart at full maturity; good in 

 quality; stone separates readily from the flesh, small, round-ovate, plump. 



Section V. Yellow-fleshed Dukes 



Group 11. Small Dukes 



520. Royal Duke (Fig. 167) has a place in the cherry orchard 

 to follow May Duke, and to precede Late 

 Duke. It is so nearly like these two sorts, ex- 

 cept in season, that there is much difficulty in 

 getting the variety true to name. Royal 

 Duke differs from May Duke in being a little 

 later in season, while the cherries are larger, 

 lighter in color, and do not hang so thickly, 

 but are scattered along the branches, often 

 singly, and are more oblate. The trees are 

 markedly upright and the foliage is dense. 

 The origin of this variety is unknown, but it 

 dates back at least a century and a half in 

 Europe; it was brought to America in the 

 first half of the nineteenth century. 



Tree of medium size, vigorous, upright, vasiform. 

 Fig. IGT. Royal unproductive. Fruit early; % inch in diameter, 

 Duke. oblate, compressed; color bright red becoming darker 



at maturity; dots few, small, obscure; stem lYj inches 

 long, adhering to the fruit ; skin thin, tough, separating from the pulp ; 

 flesh pale yellowish-white with tinge of red, pink juice, tender, sprightly, 

 pleasantly acid; good to very good in quality; stone semi-free, small, ovate, 

 slightly flattened, with smooth surfaces. 



