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stem long, strongly inserted in a wide, regular, deep cavity; skin rather glossy, dark brown- 

 ish-red; flesh dark red, tender, juicy, acidulated, refreshing; stone plump, almost round, 

 base abrupt, with a slight depression; early. 



Lucien. P. avium, i. Truchsess-Heim Kirschensort. 228, 229. 1819. 2. Liegel Syst. 

 Anleit. 157. 1S25. 3. Mas Le Verger 8:79, 80, fig. 38. 1866-73. 4. Mathieu 

 Nom. Pom. 367. 1889. 5. Can. Exp. Farm Bui. 2nd Ser. 3:61. 1900. 



Guigne Lucien. 6. Thomas, Guide Prat. 18, 198. 1876. 



This foreign variety is planted in Canada but is not known in the United States. 

 It was found by Uellner in Liineburg, Prussia, about 1806. Leroy is of the opinion that 

 this is the cherry he calls Guigne Camce Winkler which came out a few years later as a 

 seedling of Winkler from Guben, Prussia. 

 Ludwig Bigarreau. P. avium, i. Hogg Fruit Man. 86. 1866. 



Guigne Ludwig. 2. Thomas, Guide Prat. 18, 198. 1876. 3. Leroy Diet. Pom. 5:326 

 fig. 1877. 



Ludwig s Bunte Herzkirsche. 4. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 367, 368. 1889. 



Ludwig is a seedling obtained by Thomas Rivers of Sawbridgeworth, England, about 

 i860. Fruit large, cordate, terminating in a sharp point; suture slightly indistinct; stem 

 very long, slender, inserted in a wide cavity; skin glossy, bright red, paler on the shaded 

 side; flesh pale yellow, tender, melting; pit small, roundish, plump; ripens the last of June. 

 Lukeward. P. avium, i. Parkinson Par. Ter. 572. 1629. 2. Phillips Comp. Card. 79. 

 183 1. 3. Floy-Lindley Guide Orch. Gard. 106. 1846. 



Lukeward' s Heart. 4. Prince Pom. Man. 2:125. 1832. 



A variety supposed to have come from Italy which has long since passed from culti- 

 vation. Fruit cordate, dark brown or nearly black; ripens early in August. 

 Lundie Guigne. P. avium, i. Forsyth Treat. Fr. Trees 43. 1803. 2. Prince Pom. 

 Man. 2:118. 1832. 3. Elliott Fr. Book 218. 1854. 



Lundie Guigne is an old English cherry first spoken of by Forsyth in 1803. Tree 

 vigorous, large; fruit medium in size, roundish-elongated, dark purplish-black; flesh tender, 

 juicy, subacid, pleasant; season July. 

 McAdow. P. avium, i. Am. Hort. An. 88 fig. 1869. 2. Ohio Hort. Soc. Rpt. 32. 1869. 



McAdow is supposed to be a cross between Black Tartarian and Elton, grown from 

 seed by Dr. McAdow, Chillicothe, Ohio. Tree vigorous, productive, bears early; fruit 

 large, obtuse-cordate, compressed, without a suture; stem slender, deeply inserted; skin 

 light, pale yellow, overspread and mottled indistinctly with light, clear red; flesh firm, 

 yellowish, tender, juicy, pleasant but not rich; quality good; stone medium to large, oval. 

 MacRoach. P. avium X P. cerasus. 1. Green-River Nur. Cat. 23. 1899. 



This cherr>' was found near Guthrie, Kentucky, on the fann of John MacRoach, 

 where it has fruited for many years and is considered a very good cherry of the May Duke 

 type. 

 Madame Courtois. P. avium, i. Rcik Hort. 335. 1870-71. 



Found by Bonamy, a nurseryman, in i860, upon a farm belonging to the Chateau 

 of Lamothe, near Puylaurens, Tarn, France. Tree productive; fruit large; skin clear 

 red; flesh tinted with a rose color, sweet, very agreeable; ripens in June- July. 



