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fruit large, oblate, roundish; stem long, slender; skin dark red; juice colorless; fair in 

 quality; late. No. 3. — Fruit large, red to dark red; juice slightly colored, mUd subacid; 

 of \^en,' good quality. 



Bowyer Early Heart. P. avium, i. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 47. 1S31. 2. Kenrick Atn. 

 Orch. 234. 1841. 3. IMas Pom. Gen. 11:15, 16, fig. 8. 1882. 



Bayer's Early. 4. Hooper W. Fr. Book 269. 1857. 5. Thomas Am. Fruit Cult. 665. 

 1897. 



Roberts' Red. 6. Hooper W. Fr. Book 269. 1857. 



This variety probably originated in England nearly a century ago. Some writers 

 confuse it with Early White Heart but the two are undoubtedly distinct. Tree vigorous, 

 round-topped, hardy, productive; fruit medium in size, obtuse-cordate, slightly com- 

 pressed; ca\nty shallow, wide; suture distinct; stem variable in length; skin of medium 

 thickness, pale amber-yeUow overspread with light red; flesh whitish, tender, juicy, sweet, 

 sprightly, refreshing; very good in quality; stone of medium size, short -ovate, plump, 

 blunt at the apex; season early. 

 Boyd Early Black. Species? i. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 138. 1881. 



Mentioned in a report from Ohio as a variety of great superiority and value. 

 Brandon. P. pumila. i. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 353. 1896. 



A prolific seedHng of Primus pumila; introduced by the Manitoba Station. 

 Brandywine. P. avium X P. cerasus. i. Horticulturist N. S. 5:492, PI. 1855. Dowti- 

 ing Fr. Trees Am. 258. 1857. 



John R. Brinckle, Wilmington, Delaware, produced this variety from a seed of White 

 Bigarreau grown near May Duke. It fruited for the first time in 1851. Tree vigorous, 

 spreading, productive; fruit above medium in size, roundish, obtuse-cordate; suture indis- 

 tinct; stem long, slender; cavity shallow, small; skin yellowish, mottled and marbled with 

 light crimson, glossy; flesh semi-transparent, tender, very juicy, sprightly, acidulous; 

 stone rather large; season the last of June; recommended for culinary uses. 

 Brant. P. avium, i. Mag. Hort. 19:167, 168. 1853. 2. Elliott Fr. 5oofe 191 fig. 1854. 

 3. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 258. 1857. 



Brant was grown by Professor J. P. Kirtland, Cleveland, Ohio, about the middle 

 of the Nineteenth Centiuy-, from a pit of Yellow Spanish. Tree vigorous, spreading; fruit 

 large, roimdish-cordate, uneven, sides sUghtly compressed ; stem medium, set in an angular 

 cavity; skin thin, Uvely purplish-red changing to dark purplish; flesh dark purpHsh-red 

 with indistinct white lines radiating from the center, tender, with abundant, colored juice, 

 sweet and richly flavored; pit medium in size, roundish-oval, nearly smooth; season from 

 the middle of June to the first of July. 

 Brassington. P. cerasus. i. Call Cat. 5, fig. 1913. 



A chance seedling found in Oceana County, Michigan. Fruit large, dark red, sprightly 

 subacid; ripens with Early Richmond; productive. 

 Braunauer Glaskirsche. P. cerasus. i. Liegel Syst. Anleit. 168. 1825. 



Braunauer Amarelle. 2. Dochna.hl Fiihr. Obstkunde 3: j 2. 1858. 



This variety originated about 1825. Tree large, moderately productive, with large, 

 Sour Cherry leaves. Often classed as an Amarelle because of the resemblance in the 

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