THE CHERRIES OF NEW YORK II9 



w-ithout, reflexed; petals roundish, entire, with short, broad claws, notched and crinkled 

 at the apex; filaments in four scries, the longest averaging one-half inch in length; pistil 

 glabrous, shorter than the stamens. 



Fruit matures early ; about three-fourths of an inch in diameter, cordate, compressed, 

 with an irregular surface; cavity wide, flaring, irregular; suture shallow, indistinct; apex 

 somewhat obtusely-pointed; color light red overspreading yellow; dots numerous, small, 

 yellowish, obscure; stem slender, one and one-half inches long, adherent to the fruit; 

 skin thin, tender, separating readily from the pulp; flesh light yellow, with colorless juice, 

 tender and melting, sweet; of good quality; stone clinging, large, one-half inch long, oval, 

 flattened at the base, plump, with smooth surfaces. 



CLUSTER 



Prunus cerasus 



I. Parkinson Par. Ter. 572, fig. 10. 1629. 2. Gerarde Herball 1505 fig. 6. 1636. 3. Prince Pom. 

 Man. 2:132, 133. 1832. 4. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 194 fig., 195. 1845. 5. Hogg Fruit Man. 290. 

 1884. 



Flanders Cluster. 6. Ray Hist. Plant. 1539. 1688. 



Cerisier a Bouquet. 7. Duhamel Trait Arb. Fr. 1:176, 177, 178, PI. VI. 1768. 8. Poiteau Pom. 

 Franc. 2: No. 16, PI. 1846. 9. Mas Le Verger 8:47, 48, fig. 22. 1866-73. 



Tros-Kers. 10. Knoop Fructologie 2:43. 1771. 



Trauben oder Bouquet Amarelle. II. Truchsess-Heim Kirschensort. 621-629. 1819. 12. Dochnahl 

 Fihr. Obstkunde 3:70, 71. 1858. 13. Mathieu Nam. Pom. 340. 1889. 



Griotte a Bouquet. 14. Leroy Diet. Pom. 5:278, 279 fig., 280, 281. 1877. 



Cluster is a curiosity, characterized by fruits borne in clusters at the 

 extremity of a single peduncle. The pistils vary from one to a dozen, 

 setting from one to five perfect fruits in the cluster or from eight to twelve 

 as the trees become older. The variety is little known in America but is 

 well known in Europe, having first been described by Dalechamp in 1586, 

 according to Leroy. Its origin is uncertain. Parkinson speaks of it as 

 Flanders Cluster, in 1629, and as it was ctoltivated in Germany before 

 1 61 3 and nearly as soon in Switzerland it may be assumed that either 

 South Germany or Flanders is its native home. It appears under several 

 names in European fruit books, the terms trochet, bouquet, buschel, and 

 trauben all signifying that the fruits are borne in clusters and usually refer- 

 ring to this variety. The Cerisier a Trochet of Duhamel is probably a 

 distinct variety. The fruit has little value and is cultivated chiefly as a 

 curiosity. The following description is compiled: 



Tree small and bushy, moderately vigorous, dense, productive; branches numerous, 

 long, slender, somewhat curved, drooping and often breaking under a load of fruit; inter- 

 nodes long; leaves small, oblong, acimiinate; margin doubly serrate; petiole thick, short, 

 rigid, with small, roundish, conspicuous glands; blooming season late; flowers small. 



