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Nos. 15 to l!», iiidusivt*, are all <U'?*tiiu'il lo rank liigli, l>utli a.s table ami market 

 fruits. 



20. Pou'hattan. — Size and flavor iiudiiiin. Liver-colored. Very prolific. l'o])U- 

 lar in our market. 



21. Kcokitk. — Largo, black, firm llcslud, ^wi high llavorcd, rather coarse texture, 

 but sells well in market. Reseni1>les in color and form the Tradescant. 



22. KlrtluniVs Mammoth. — Size — larger than any other cherry I have ever seen. 

 Color — yellow and white, slightly blushed with red. Flavor — rich and delicate. 

 Flesh — firm. The original tree is large, leaves enormous. Has as yet fruited only 

 sparingly. Ifequircs further testing. 



23. Ohio Beauty. — Figured and described by Mr. Ki.i.iott in \iA. 11 of the Horti- 

 culturist^ after the tree Lad fruited two years. It was then accidentally destroyed, 

 and I have not since seen the fruit. 



The above named varieties, with the exception of Kos. 3, 4, and 22, were raised 

 from the pits of the Yelloio Sjyanish or Bigarreau, accidentally crossed, probably 

 with the May Duke, Black Tartarian, and Black Mazzard. No. 22 sprung from a 

 Yellow Spanitih pit, produced by a tree remote from other kinds. Nos. 3 and 4 are 

 the otlVpriug of a Black Morrello tree standing in close contact with a Carnation. 



Mr. Elliott and myself, while testing my numerous seedlings, adopted the Ameri- 

 can Heart as our standard, and no variety was allowed to pass inspection that did not, 

 in our estimation, equal that standard — taking all their qualities into consideration. 

 All of them equal it in size, except Nos. 5, 8, and perhaps C ; most of them exceed it, 

 None of the Heart varieties fall short of it in point of flavor, unless it be Nos. 10, 21, 

 and perhaps 20. None of them w^re decided on until they had perfected fruit for 

 two seasons. The correctness of our conclusions has now been sustained by the obser- 

 vations of from three to six years, and with the exception of a few of the kinds, they 

 have improved in their qualities with the advancement of age. How they will bear 

 the test of general cultivation, remains to be decided. My locality is peculiarly favor- 

 able, in its soil, climate, and exposure, for the production of the cherry, though I think 

 the fruits do not attain quite as large size on the south shore of Lake Erie, as on the 

 rich soils in the valley of the Connecticut river about Middletown, Conn. 



Thirty years since, I discovered that while the pits of most of the fine varieties of 

 the cheriy were abortive, those of the Yelloio Spanish were prolific. Endless new 

 varieties may be produced from them. A small per centage will, however, prove to 

 be equal to the parent stock, or to the standard adopted by Mr. Elliott and myself. 

 The rejected are valuable as stocks, forming thrifty and healthy standards, superior to 

 many of the Mazzards. 



The cherry will not long survive if the roots are exposed to superfluous water, nor 

 will the Heart varieties produce fine fruits with any certainty in wet and retentive 

 soils. These impediments may in many instances be obviated by pre])aring large and 

 deep holes, partially filling them with waste stones or bricks, and leading from the 

 /) bottom of each one a descending underdrain. 



