BIIANDYWINK CllKRRY. 



VKGKTATION OF I'ANAMA. 



BRANDYWINE CHERRY.* 



HY W. 1). BRINKLE, M. D. 



^, IZE, above medium, } of an inch lonjj, " wide, -^ thick ; 

 form, broad heart shaped; s/.-/h, brilliant crimson, beau- 

 tifully mottled and hi}j;hly polished; f^tnllc, 1 J inches lonj:;;, 

 slender, inserted in a small shallow depression ; stone, -/, 

 of an inch long, u wide, « thick; flesh, semi-diapha- 

 nous, tender, very juicy; flavor, saccharine, refreshinj;, 

 and fine, with just enough sub acid flavor to impart 

 sprightliness; quality, "very good;" maturiti/, last of 

 June. 



Jlhtory, dr. — The Brandywino is a native of Delaware. 

 It originated near Wilmington with my brother, Jno. 11. ]}rinckle, from a seed of 

 the White Bigarreau grown near the May-Duke. This fine and beautiful variety 

 fruited for the first time in 1851. 



VEGETATION OF PANAMA. 



A correspondent of the Ohio Farmer, who is employed by the Government as Ge- 

 ologist and Naturalist to the Pacific Coast Survey, has conveyed to his readers a 

 better account of the vegetation of Panama than the majority of travellers have been 

 able to report, as the following interesting matter will show : — 



Fruits. — And now for the fruits. There are Oranges, large, greenish, yellow, thin 

 skinned, juicy and sweet; Limes, which are small ; round, green lemons; Lemons like 

 our own; Bananas in the greatest profusion ; and the Plantain, a large coarse Banana, 

 which needs to be cooked before it is eaten, to be palatable. The Pine Apples are of the 

 size of the largest we get, bright orange yellow, and delicious, not fibrous nor acid ; they 

 can be eaten with a spoon, and require no sugar. 



The Maxgo. — The famous Mango, considered the finest fruit of the tropics, resembles 

 a pear so closely that almost every one would say they were pears, if brought to our 

 market. They are about two and a half inches long, a litte flattened, and evidently 

 attached to the stem by what we should call the blossom end ; smooth externally, and 

 when green, of a dark, shining green ; within it is of a deep yellow, and until ripe, has 

 a disageeable terebinthine tase. It contains a stem like a large, flattened almond. When 

 ripe, the color changes to bright yellow, streaked with crimson, precisely resembling 

 some luscious, sun-ripened pear. On removing or biting through the skin of a ripe one, 

 you find within, a pulpy substance, resembling in consistence the paw paw, and flavored 

 with all the good and rich tastes in the world. One could hardly eat so many as of our 

 good, honest, simply flavored pears ; but the mango is certainly delicious. 



The Avocado — It is also like a pear in shape, but large, rough and dark green ex- 

 ternally, has also a stone and pulp; but its flavor is neutral — to my taste, a little flat; 

 highly esteemed for a breakfast fruit. 



* see Frontispiece. 



