3l8 THE CHERRIES OF NEW YORK 



Branches slender, drooping; fruit of medium size, oblate, sides flattened; stem slender; 

 cavity shallow; suture a fine line; color almost black; flesh tender, slightly fibrous, dark 

 red at the stone, juicy, pleasingly subacid; stone small, roundish; season the middle of 



July. 



Schwarzbraune Knorpelkirsche. P. avium, i. Truchsess-Heim Kirschensort. 198, igg, 



200, 675. 1S19. 



Of German origin and first mentioned in 1797. Fruit moderately large, uneven, 

 flattened at the base and sides; stem slender, rather long, deeply inserted; skin brownish- 

 red approaching black, tough, leather-like; flesh firm, sweet, with violet juice when ripe; 

 ripens early in August. 

 Schwarzes Taubenherz. P. avium. 1. Truchsess-Heim Kirschensort. 147, 148. 1S19. 



This variety is peculiar in that its stem is green and its fruit has a deep suture on 

 the compressed side; skin ver>' dark brown; flesh tender, soft, bitter, sweet when fully 

 ripe but insipid; ripens early in July. 

 Sebril. P. avium, i. Mich. Sta. Bui. 152:192. 1898. 



Listed as a Sweet Cherry. 

 Seckbacher. P. cerasus. x. Truchsess-Heim Kirschensort. 167-174. 1819. 2. ///. 

 Handb. 475 fig., 476. 1861. 



Spate Maikirsche. 3. Christ Handb. 660. 1797. 



Seckbacher Knorpelkirsche. 4. Dochnahl Fw/ir. Obstkunde '^•.t,^. 1858. 



Cerise de Seckbach. 5. j\Ias Pom. Gen. 11:55, 5^, fig- 28. 1882. 



This variety probably originated in Prussia, Germany. Fruit small, roimd or cordate, 

 compressed, with a faint suture; stem long, shallowly inserted; color glossy, black, lighter 

 along the suture; flesh dark red, firm, juicy, aromatic, piquant; stone large; ripens the 

 middle of June. 

 Seederberger. P. avium. 1. Col. O. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 31. 1892. 



Listed as a sweet variety from Virginia and said to resemble Yellow Spanish but 

 the fruit is larger and the tree more vigorous. 

 Select Beauty. Species? i. Prince Treat. Hort. 30. 1828. 



A large, red, well -flavored cherry with a long stem; not very productive; ripens in 

 July. 



Shadow Amarelle. P. cerasus. i. Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 326. 1888. 2. la. Sta. Bui. 

 73:82 fig. 1903. 



Friihe Schattenmorelle. 3. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstkunde 3:64. 1858. 



Schatten Amarelle. 4. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 75. 1883. 5. la. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 329. 

 1885. 6. Del. Sta. An. Rpt. 12:126. 1900. 



Shadow Morello. 7. la. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 78. 1890. 8. Lucas Handb. Obst. 3rd Ed. 

 122. 1893. 



Professor J. L. Budd of Ames, Iowa, in 1893, imported this variety from south-central 

 Asia. It is very similar to the Brusseler Braune and Lucas gives it as the same. Whether 

 or not they are identical we cannot determine, as the variety is not grown on the Station 

 grounds. The name Schatten is derived from the mirror-like reflection of the glossy skin 

 when exposed to the sim. From the description it seems to differ from the Brusseler 



