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NEW FRUITS. 



Vig. i(y.—Btcrr's jV< 



111. buttner's yellow cherry. 



This novel cherry is noticed in our work 

 on fruits, wilh a short description by Mr. 

 Thompson, of the London Hort. Society. 

 At that time, it had not borne in this coun- 

 try. We have had a good crop of Buttner's 

 Yellow, however, this season, and can with 

 confidence speak of it as a capital cherry, 

 well worthy of the attention of amateurs. 

 Our tree is yet young, but bears moderate 

 crops. 



Buttner's Yellow Cherry has two merits 

 to recommend it, in addition to its good 

 quality. In the first place, it is the only 

 decidedly tjcIIoio cherry that we have seen, 

 and is, therefore, a novelty in the dessert; 

 in the second place, its season of maturity 

 is as late, or a few days later, than Doiv- 

 ner^s Red ; that is, a week or ten days 

 after the other Bigarreau and Heart cher- 

 ries are gone. It cannot, therefore, but be 

 considered a decided acquisition. The tree 



w Pine Strau^rrv. 



Fig. \7.—BunneT^s Yellow Cherry. 



is one of large and vigorous growth. The 

 accompanying outline, (Fig, 17,) was taken 

 from specimens before us while we write. 

 The description is as follows : 



Fruit rather large, obtuse, heart-shaped, 

 distinctly flattened at the insertion of the 



