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This variety is said by Van Lindley to have been introduced into North Carolina 

 by a missionary from South Africa. The fruit closely resembles Windsor. Tree tall, 

 spreading, vigorous ; fniit large, cordate, often swollen along the suture giving it an angular 

 appearance; skin dark red to reddish-black; flesh firm, tender, sweet; ships weU; season 

 the last of May. 

 Alatemblattrige Siissweichsel. P. avium, i. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstkunde 3:48. 1858. 



Fruit medium large, roundish, flattened, with a faint suture; skin glossy, brownish- 

 red; stem mostly covered with leaves, greenish-yellow; flesh soft, acidulated; stone heart- 

 shaped. 

 Albertine Millet. Species? i. Thomas Guide Prat. 22. 1876. 2. Guide Prat. ij. 1895. 



Received from Belgium without description; its value is questioned in Guide Pratique. 

 Alexandrine Beon. Species? i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 332. 1889. 



Listed in this reference. 

 Alfred Wesmael. P.cerasus. i. Thomas Guide Prat. 25. 1876. 2. Guide Prat. ij. 1895. 



This variety is similar to Montmorency according to Guide Pratique. 

 Allen. P. avium, i. Storrs & Harrison Cat. 137. 1899. 2. Brown Cat. 23. 1900. 



A seedling cherry fotind in Lake County, Ohio. It is darker, later and smaller than 

 Windsor. The tree is healthy, very productive; fruit somewhat heart-shaped, nearly 

 black, glossy, smooth; flesh meaty, firm, sweet; of small size. 

 Allen Late Favourite. P. avium, i. Prince Pom. Man. 2:123. 1832- 



Sent to the Prince nursery by Zachariah Allen of Providence, Rhode Island. The 

 tree is vigorous; fruit of fine quality, juicy, well flavored; ripens in Rhode Island with 

 Black Mazzard. 



Allerfriiheste Bunte Maiherzkirsche. P. avium, i. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstkunde 3:19. 

 1858. 



Tree productive; fruit of medium size, obtuse-cordate; stem long, deeply set; skin 

 clear red, spotted with dark brown; flesh whitish, sweet; stone oval; ripens in mid-June. 

 Alte Konigskirsche. P.cerasus. i. Christ Obstbdume 158. 1791. 2. Christ Handb. 6^1. 

 1797. 3. Truchsess-Heim Kirschensort. 422. 1819. 



Tree large, very productive; fruit large, round, slightly heart-shaped; stem long; 

 skin reddish-black ; flesh very delicate, tender, juicy, sweet, with an aromatic, very pleasing 

 sourness; stone small. 

 Altenlander Friihkirsche. P. avium. 1. III. Handb. 465 fig., 466. 186 1. 



Cerise -precoce d'Altenlaud. 2. MortiUet Le Cerisier 2:301. 1866. 



This variety is distinguished from Friihe Maiherzkirsche by its fruits which are larger, 

 deeper in color, sourer and more angular and a few days later. Tree productive; fruit 

 of medium size, obtuse-cordate, sometimes angtilar; cavity wide, shallow; apex often 

 widely depressed; stem stout, of medium length; suture shallow; skin glossy, charcoal 

 black in some spots when fully ripe, rather tough; flesh reddish-black, tender, very juicy, 

 sweet with a pleasing sourness; stone short, oval; season early. 



Amaranthkirsche. P. avium. i. Christ Worterb. 277. 1802. 2. Truchsess-Heim 

 Kirschensort. 2iz,-2iq. 1819. i. Dochxiahl Fahr. Obstkunde y. 2%. 1858. 



In 1790, this variety was reported to have been brought to Hanover, Prussia, Germany, 



