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inserted in a broad, shallow cavity; skin moderately firm, dark purplish-red, becoming 

 nearly black at maturity; flesh purplish-red, with dark colored juice, rather tender, juicy, 

 pleasant, aromatic, sweet; good in quality; stone medium in size, smooth, separating 

 readih' from the flesh; ripens in mid-season. 

 Pope. P. cerasus. 1. Prince Pmn. Man. 2:150. 1832. 



Some of the fruits of this cherrj' are green in the middle of July whereas the majority 

 are quite ripe; introduced into France from Italy. Fruit large, round, red; stem very 

 long; flesh similar to but more firm than that of the Montmorenc}-. 

 Portugal. Species? i. Rea F/ora 205. 1676. 2. Coxe Cult. Fr. Trees 24^^. 1817. 



Tree productive; fruit cordate, red; flavor rich and pleasant; ripens early in Jvme. 

 Powhattan. P. avium, i. Mag. Hort. 19:167, 168. 1853. 2. Elliott Fr. Book 201. 

 1854. 3. Mich. Sta. Bttl. 67:23. 1890. 



This is one of the numerous seedlings originated by Professor J. P. Kirtland, from a 

 pit of Yellow Spanish. Fruit roimdish-cordate, tmeven in outline, compressed on the 

 sides; stem medium to long; skin brownish-red, glossj^; flesh purplish-red, half -tender, 

 juicy, sweet; stone small. 



Pragische Muskateller. P. avium, i. Kriinitz Enc. 51, 52, 53. 1790. 2. Truchsess- 

 Heim Kirschensort. 398-.102. iSig. 



Cerise de Prague tardive. 3. Knoop Fructologie 2:36, 42. 1771. 



Aluscat de Prague. 4. Land. Hort. Soc. Cat. 54. 183 1. 



The cherr}', introduced into Germany from Holland about 1785 under the name Prager 

 Muskateller, was undoubtedly the variety mentioned by Knoop in 177 1, as Cerise de 

 Prague Tardive. With this variety three other sorts were confused; the ^?rise Blanche, 

 Cerise Guigne, and the Grosse Ungarische Kirsche, but when fruit was ob ned from all, 

 separation was comparatively easy. Tree very productive; fruit large, glooolar; suture a 

 line; stem rather thick, of medium length; cav-ity narrow, shallow; skin thin, brownish-red 

 cnanging to black; flesh tender, melting, juicy, light red, sweet, wine-like; stone oval or 

 roundish; ripens the middle of July. 

 Precoce de Marest. Species? i. Thomas Guide Prat. 28. 1876. 



Of doubtful value according to the reference. 

 Precoce de Sabaret. Species? i. Card. Chron. 1068. 1861. 2. Rev. Hort. 335. 1870. 



There seem to be several strains of this cherry; it is one of the earliest cultivated 

 sorts in France, ripening at the beginning of June and lasting a nomth. 

 President. P. avium, i. El^ottFr. Book 212. 1854. 2. Dowmr^g Fr. Trees Ant. 471. 1869. 



President is another of Professor J. P. Kirtland's cherries raised in Cleveland, Ohio, 

 in 1842. Tree vigorous, spreading, productive; frtut medium to large, regular, cordate, 

 slightly compressed; stem stout, slender; suture indistinct; skin red, slightly mottled with 

 yellow; flesh yellowish-white, half- tender, juicy, sweet; good; pit medium in size; ripens 

 from the middle to the last of June. 

 Pride of Washington. P. avium X P. cerasus. i. Wash. Hort. Assoc. Rpt. 95. 1905. 



This variety is a seedling of the Late Duke grown by J. F. Strong, Spokane, Washing- 

 ton. The tree is more productive and less disposed to seaming of limbs where connecting 

 with the body than its parent and its fruit is also larger, earlier and of better quality. 



