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This variety originated a generation or more ago in Virginia and was known there and 

 in neighboring states as Early May. Later, it became widely disseminated in the Middle 

 West where it was often confused with Early Richmond, Late Kentish and Montmo- 

 rency. Early May should not be confused with a European cherry of the same name 

 formerly grown upon the continent but now seldom seen. The fruit of the American sort 

 is much like Early Richmond though of inferior quahty and is now probably wholly 

 replaced by the latter variety. 

 Early Prolific. P. avium, i. Elliott Fr. Book 193, 194. 1854. 



Early Prolific was raised by Professor J. P. Kirtland, Cleveland, Ohio, in 1842. Tree 

 healthy, vigorous, upright, slightly spreading; fruit large, round, obtuse-cordate; suture 

 distinct; stem variable; skin bright carmine-red mottled on a light amber-yellow ground; 

 flesh rather tender, firm, juicy, rich, sweet; very productive; season early June. 

 Early Red Bigarreau. P. avium, i. Prince Pom. Man. 2:130. 1832. 2. Hogg Fruit 

 Man. 69, 81, 94. 1866. 3. T\\oma.s Guide Prat. 23. 1876. 



Bigarreau Rouge de Guben . 4. Leroy Diet. Pom. 5:242 fig., 243. 1877. 



This variety originated about 1845, from seed in the garden of the Pomological Society, 

 at Guben, Prussia, Germany. The Russians, who were growing it in 1858, sent the variety 

 from Crimea to M. Eugene Glady, who in turn gave cions of it to Leroy. Tree moderately 

 vigorous, productive; fruit usually attached in pairs; above medium to large, obtuse-cor- 

 date, more or less irregular, compressed; suture indistinct; stem long, slender, inserted in 

 a deep cavity; skin thick, dark red changing to reddish-brown; flesh dark colored, firm, 

 breaking, juicy, sweet, pleasant; quality excellent; stone rather large, ovate; ripens the 

 last of June. 



Early Red Guigne. P. avium, i. Thomas Guide Prat. 23. 1876. 2. Guide Prat. 17. 

 1895. 3. Rivers Cat. 18. 1898-99. 



This cherry, of unknown origin, was propagated by Thomas Rivers of Sawbridge- 

 worth, England. It is thought by some to be Elton. Fruit large, pale red; flesh very 

 tender, rich and good; ripens in early June. 

 Early Red and Yellow. P. avium, i. Mag. Hort. 8:2&2. 1842. 



This variety was raised by Robert Manning, Salem, Massachusetts, from the seed of 

 a white Bigarreau. Fruit of medium size, obtuse-cordate; light red on a yellow ground; 

 sweet, juicy; good; ripe the last of June. 



Early Rivers. P. avium, i. Flor. & Pom. $ fig., 6. 1872. 2, Thomas Guide Prat. 28, 

 204. 1876. 3. Flor. & Pom. 117. 1878. 4. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 3rd App. 

 162. 1881. 5. Hogg Fruit Man. 296. 1884. 



Guigne Early Rivers. 6. Soc. Nat. Hort. France Pom. 104 fig., 105. 1904. 



Early Rivers is a seedling of Early Purple raised by Thomas Rivers, Sawbridgeworth, 

 England; first fruited in 1869. Tree large, vigorous, upright-spreading, hardy, productive; 

 fruit large, roimdish-cordate, somewhat uneven and indented on the surface; stem long, 

 rather slender; skin thin, deep red changing to glossy black; flesh reddish, juicy, very 

 tender, rich, sweet; very good in quality; stone very small, elongated; season early. 

 Early York. P. cerasus. i. Thomas Am. Fruit Cult. 666. 1897. 



Fruit mediimi in size; flesh greenish-white, tender, juicy, subacid. 



