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obscure; flesh dull red, meaty, juicy, sweet, pleasant; quality good; stone of medium size, 

 clinging; season in Ontario, the end of July. 



Argental Late. P. avium, i. Barry Fr. Garden 325. 1851. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 

 451. 1869. 



Downing says this variety is of French origin and that the fruit is unlike any other 

 cherry in form. Tree spreading; branches slender, irregular; fruit of medium size, elon- 

 gated-oval, sides compressed ; suture narrow ; stem medium in length, slender ; cavity small ; 

 skin deep purpUsh-black ; flesh half-tender, juicy, sweet, of peculiar flavor; quaHty very 

 good; stone small, narrow, elongated-oval; ripens about July loth. 

 Auburn Duke. P. avium X P. cerasus. 



A stray variety not mentioned in cherry literature, occasionally grown in western 

 New York The fruit, on the Station grounds, is above medium size, roundish; skin 

 glossy, amber-yellow with a dark red cheek, often whoUy suffused with red, sometimes 

 mottled with translucent spots tuidemeath the skin; suture a distinct line; stem slender, 

 one and one-half inches long, inserted in a broad cavity; flesh white, very tender, juicy, 

 nearly sweet; quality good but not rich; stone small, adhering to the stem; season late 

 June. The fruit cracks in wet weather. 

 August Duke. P. avium X P. cerasus. i. Cultivator 3rd Ser. 1:248 fig., 249. 1853. 



V ail's August Duke. 2. Horticulturist 4:264 &g., 265. 1849-50. 3. Elliott Fr. Book 

 213- i8S4- 



This variety originated with Henry Vail of Troy, New York. It is valued for its 

 lateness, maturing three weeks after Downer, generally about the tenth of August. Tree 

 hardy, healthy, moderate in growth; fruit borne in pairs, hanging in thick clusters along 

 the branches, of medium size, obtuse-cordate; stem of medium length, thickening where 

 it joins the fruit, set in a deep, narrow cavity; skin bright red; flesh tender, subacid, much 

 like May Duke in flavor; pit oval. 



Augustine de Vigny. Species? i. Mathieu A^om. Pom. 333. 1889. 2. Am. Pom. Sac. 

 Rpt. 54. 1856. 



Mentioned in the references given. 

 Aurischotte. P. cerasus. 1. Truchsess-Heim Kirschensort. 589-591. 1819. 2. Doch- 

 nahl Fiihr. Obstkunde 3:65. 1858. 



According to Truchsess, this cherry was described in 1802 by Christ who states that 

 it originated in Wanfred, Prussia, Germany. Truchsess believed, however, that the 

 name was a corruption of Sauriotte, a sour or Weichsel cherr^^ Fruit round, somewhat 

 flattened, above medium in size; suture indistinct; apex shghtly depressed, gray; stem 

 strong; skin dark red; flesh and juice of a slight reddish cast, sour, rather reptilsive; 

 stone large. 

 Badacsony. P. avium, i. Mich. Sta. Bui. 177:31. 1899. 2. Ibid. 187:62. 1901, 



Geante de Badacson. 3. Thomas Guide Prat. 27, 194. 1876. 



Badacsoner Riesenkirsche. 4. Mathieu Nam. Pom. 333. 18S9. 



Badacconyi. 5. Mich. Sta. Bid. 169:198. 1899. 



Badacsoner Schwarze Riesenkirsclie. 6. Reut. Pom. Inst. Festschrift 122. 1910. 



Badacsonyer Knorpelkirsche. 7. Obstziichter 8:^4. 1910. 

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