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VAIL'S AUGUST DUKE CHERRY. 



serted appearance of most green-houses at 

 that season, but is an agreeable sight at 

 all times. 



The remainder of the plan of this floor 

 will explain itself. The arrangement of 

 the muni and the position of the veranda, 

 are well calculated for a site where there is 



a fine view wholl y on one side of the house ; 

 the library, bed-room, etc., occupying the 

 opposite side, so as to secure quiet. The 

 hall and library are intended to be heated 

 with warm air. The second story will con- 

 tain five or six excellent bed-rooms, with 

 servants' rooms in the attic. 



VAIL'S AUGUST DUKE CHERRY. 



By the kindness of the originator, Henry 

 Vail, Esq., of Troy, N. Y., we received 

 fine specimens of this new cherry last Au- 

 gust, when they were in perfection, and 

 made the accompanying outline and de- 

 scription at that time. 



An excellent cherry, which ripens a full 

 month after the cherry season, and nearly 

 three weeks later than Downer's Late, — 

 cannot but prove an acquisition, even to 

 fruit gardens of the most moderate size ; 

 and such a fruit we believe the August 

 Duke will prove to be. 



This variety, as its name implies, belongs 

 to the sub-acid family of cherries, which the 

 May Duke popularly represents. Its great- 

 est value, therefore, will be for cooking and 

 preserving, though it is also a very beauti- 

 ful and acceptable addition to the mid-sum- 

 mer dessert. It is of the general appear- 

 ance and character of the May Duke, — the 

 fruit borne upon the branches in the richest 

 clusters, and their colour a brighter red than 

 that of the May Duke. The foliage also is 

 that of a Duke cherry, and coarsely and 

 doubly serrated. 



The fruit ripens at Troy about the 8th or 

 10th of August, and hangs a good while 

 on the tree. It is likely to supplant the 

 late Duke (Cerise Anglaise tardive, of the 

 French,) a fine late cherry ; but one which, 

 from its defective habits of growth and 



Fig. 90.— Tail's August Duke. 



bearing, has never come into general culti- 

 vation either in England or this country. 



