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De Siberie a gros fruit et a rameaux pendans. Species? i. Noisette Man. Comp. Jard. 

 2:508. i860. 



This is a dwarf ornamental tree bearing small, oval, mediocre fruits ripening in 

 August and September. 

 De Spa. P. cerasus. i. Mag. Hort. 17:363. 1851. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 278. 1857. 



De Spa is a medium-sized, dark red, acid Morello forming a prolific bush, ripening 

 soon after May Duke. 

 De Vaux. Species? i. Can. Exp. Farm. Bid. 2nd Ser. 3:59. 1900. 



Listed in the reference given. 

 Dearborn Red French. P. avium X P. cerasus. i. Kenrick Am. Orch. 280. 1832. 



This is a Duke cherry imported from France by H. A. S. Dearborn, Roxbiuy, Massa- 

 chusetts. The name having been lost, the importer renamed it. 

 Dechenaut. P. avium X P. cerasus. i. Hogg Fruit Man. 78. 1866. 



Fruit large, rotuidish-cordate, broad at the base, rather flattened; suture faint; skin 

 bright cornelian-red, becoming darker red when ripe, glossy; stem long, set in a wide, 

 deep cavity; flesh tender, succulent; resembling May Duke in flavor and season. 

 Delaware Bleeding Heart. P. avitim. i. Mo. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 61. 1898. 



This is a medium-sized, dark red, nearly black fruit with solid flesh and good flavor. 

 Delicate. P. avium, i. Mag. Hort. 19:167, 168. 1853. 2. Elliott Fr. Book 193 fig. 

 1854. 



DeHcate was raised by Professor J. P. Kirtland, Cleveland, Ohio, in 1842, from a pit 

 of Yellow Spanish, probably crossed with Black Tartarian, Black Mazzard, or May Duke. 

 Tree moderately vigorous, upright-spreading, productive; fruit medium to large, roundish- 

 oblate; suture rather pronounced; stem medium in length; skin thin, translucent, amber- 

 yellow overspread and mottled with light carmine; flesh pale yellow, juicy, pleasant, 

 sweet; very good in quality; stone small, roundish-oval; season the last of June and the 

 first of July. 

 Delicieuse. Species? i. Mas Pom. Gen. 11:160. 1882. 



Listed by Mas. 

 Denner Black. Species? i. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 48. 183 1. 



Listed but not described. 

 Des Cheneaux. Species? i. Mas Pom. Gen. 11:160. 1882. 



Mentioned in the reference given. 

 Deutsche Belzweichsel. P. cerasus. 1. Christ Worterb. 290. 1802. 2. Truchsess-Heim 

 Kirschensort. 603, 604, 605. 1819. 



Probably this is but a wild seedling used in grafting. Fruit of medium size, round; 

 suture indistinct; stem long, slender, set in a shallow cavity; skin glossy, dark brown; 

 flesh firm, dark, reddish directly under the skin, juicy, with a sourish wine-flavor; stone 

 small, oval; ripens the middle of July. 

 Disnoder Gewiirzkirsche. P. avium, i. Proskauer Obstsort. 55. 1907. 



Listed as a black Bigarreau. 

 Ditst. Species? i. Mas Pom. Gen. 11:160. 1882. 



Listed in the reference given. 

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