DESCRIPTION OF NEW CHERRIES. 



on the ridge and furrow principle, to be constructed entirely of wood, for the purpose of 

 exhibiting how roofs of this kind could be supported. The plan adopted was this — the 

 curved rafters were composed of several boards securely nailed together on templets of 

 wood cut to the exact curve; by this means a strength and firmness was obtained suffi- 

 cient to support an enormous weight. This house was subsequently fitted up for the ^'ic- 

 toria Regia; and it M'as here I invented a waterwheel to give motion to the M-ater in which 

 the plant grew; and here this singularly beautiful aquatic flowered for the first time in 

 this country, on November 9, 1849. You will observe that nature was the engineer in 

 this case. If you examine this, and compare it with the drawings and models, you 

 will perceive that nature has provided it witli longitudinal and transverse girders and 

 supporters, ou the same principle that I, borrowing from it, have adopted in this build- 

 ing." 



DESCRIPTION OF TWO NEW CHERRIES FROM OHIO. 



BY F. R. ELLIOTT, CLEVELAND O. 



A. J. Downing, Esq. — Dear Sir: Some two years since I assumed description of several 

 new varieties of cherries originating from pits of the Yellow Spanish, grown and fruited by 

 Prof. J. P. KiRTLAND. These having become pretty extensively distributed, I trust have 

 sustained elsewhere, as at home, the report I then made. Here they have fully sustained 

 my words. The " Rockport Bigarreau," and " Kirtland's Mary," taking, however, a 

 first rank, when considered as to point of real merit, market value and public favor. I 

 have now to introduce to your readers, and the pomological world at large, the 



Governor "Wood Cherry. — This is a variety, the tree of which 

 was grown at same time as "Kirtland's Mar}'^," but afterhaving 

 fruited one season, was by mistake transplanted, and thus retarded 

 in again showing perfect fruit for two years. "When first fruited, 

 my notes were made to the effect that it would prove the "most 

 valuable of all." My subsequent notes sustain my first, and I can 

 now safely say, that for size, flavor, and containing a large amount 

 of saccharine matter, it will excel any cherry in cultivation. 



During four seasons that I have examined it almost daily while 

 ripening its fruit, my notes vary but four days in noting the time 

 it matures. 



Description. Size — among the very largest. Form — roundish 

 heart shape. Skin — rich light yellow, with a beautiful carmine 

 blush slightly mottled or marbled, when grown fully exposed to 

 the sun; the color clear rich red. Stem — varying from 1;| to 2 in- 

 ches long, and medium stout to slender. Suture — half round, 

 followed on opposite side by a dark line. Flesh — light, clear rich 

 yellow, half tender, juicy, with a sweetness equal or exceeding 

 Black Tartarian, and with a very delicious flavor. Pit — round, 

 smooth and regular. Tree — round, regular form, and moderately 

 strong growth. Ripe — 16th to 22d June. 



Black Hawk CnEREY. — This is also a seedling of Prof. Kirtland's, which has fr 



Governor Wood Cherry. 



