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oblate; stem short, stout; skin thin, tender, dark red; flesh yellow, meaty, melting, sweet, 

 with a slight acidity; quality good; ripens the middle of July. 

 Warner. P. avium, i. Rural N. Y. 10:247. 1859. 



Warner is a supposed seedling of American Amber grown by Mathew G. Warner, 

 Rochester, New York; fruit amber to very dark red where exposed; stem long, slender; 

 flesh firm, juicy, sweet; ripens late in July. 

 Warren Transparent. Species? i. Cole Am. Fr. Book 237. 1849. 



Originated with a Mr. Warren, Brighton, Massachusetts. Fruit roundish-cordate; 

 skin pale yellow and red; flesh very tender, transparent; ripens early in July. 

 Washington Purple. Species? i. Mas Pom. Gen. 11:162. 1882. 



Listed without a description. 

 Waterhouse. P. ammn. i. U. S. D. A. Pom. Rpt. 25. 1894. 



This variety was originated by Dr. Warren Waterhouse, 1873, of Monmouth, Oregon. 

 Fruit of the Bigarreau class, large, compressed, heart-shaped; cavity large, round; stem 

 long, slender; suture a line; skill firm, smooth, glistening, yellowish-white with a bright 

 red cheek, often nearly solid red; dots numerous, very small; flesh whitish, tinged yellow, 

 firm, juicy, vinous, sprightly; quality ver>- good. 

 Weeping. P. cerasus. i. Prince Pom. Man. 2:153. 1832. 



Weeping or Pendulous Morello. 2. Fish Hardy-Fr. Bk. 2:106. 1882. 



Under the name Weeping are included many varieties with a drooping or pendulant 

 habit and mostly of ornamental value only. This variety, listed by Prince, although 

 much like Toussaint, has branches more pendant than those of other weeping cherries. 

 The Weeping or Pendvilous Morello of Fish is included here. The head in this variety 

 seldom exceeds four or five feet in diameter, and the slender branches droop on all sides 

 until they trail on the grovmd; the fruit is of medium size and when fully ripe is 

 of a pleasant acid flavor. 

 Weeping Black Bigarreau. P. avium, i. Flor. & Pmn. 16. 1S79. 



Trauerknorpelkirsche. 2. Dochnahl Fti/jr. Obstkunde 3:40. 1858. 



Bigarreau pleureur. 3. Thomas Guide Prat. 23. 1876. 



One of the earliest black Bigarreaus. It differs from other sorts of its class in the 

 weeping habit of the tree; very ornamental. 

 Weeping Napoleon. P. avium, i. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 53. 1871. 



A seedling of Napoleon introduced by a Mr. Dougall, Windsor, Ontario. If budded 

 high the branches are pendulous, which, with the large, dark fruit, makes a handsome 

 ornamental. 



Weis, Roth imd Rosenfarbig Marmorirte Kramelkirsche. Species? i. Kraft Pom. Aust. 

 1:3, Tab. 6 fig. 2. 1792. 



Flesh white, breaking, firm, with colorless juice, pleasing; ripens the middle of July. 

 Weisse Rosenroth Marmorirte Herzkirsche. P. avium, i. Christ Worterb. 280. 1802. 



Weiss und hellroth gefleckte grosse Kramelkirsche. 2. Kraft Pom. Aust. 1:3, Tab. 6 

 fig. I. 1792. 



Flesh white, less firm than others o£ this class; juice colorless; stone yellowish; ripens 

 the middle of July. 



