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Madame Gregoire. P. avium. X P. cerasus. i. Thomas Guide Prat. 26. 1876. 2. Guide 

 Prat. 18. 1895. 



This variety is said in Guide Pratique, 1895, to be very similar to Reine Hortense. 

 Madeleine. P. cerasus. i. Thomas Guide Prat. 26, 201. 1876. 



Cerise Commune {de la Madeleine). 2. Poiteau Pom. Franc. 2: No. 12, PI. 1846. 



Cerisier de la Madleine. 3. Noisette Man. Comp. Jard. 2:507. i860. 



Amarelle de la Madleine. 4. yiortiWet Le Cerisier 2:20$. 1866. 



Madeleine is probably a late strain of the old Cerise Commune formerly extensively 

 grown about Paris. Fruit of medium size, roundish, flattened at the ends; suture a line; 

 stem mediiun in length; skin clear red changing to brownish-red; flesh whitish, tender, 

 acid; pit small; ripens the last of July; productive. 

 Madison. P. avium, i. Elliott Fr. Book 211. 1854. 



Madison Bigarreau. 2. Kenrick Am. Orch. 235. 1841. 3. Thomas Am. Fruit Cult. 

 367. 1849. 



Madison's Bunte Herzkirsche. 4. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 368. 1889. 



Madison is a seedling of the White Bigarreau, raised by Robert Maiming, Salem, 

 Massachusetts. Tree healthy, productive, moderate in growth, spreading; fruit of medium 

 size, regular, heart-shaped; stem rather short, slender; skin heavily dotted and mottled 

 with rich red on amber-yellow ground; flesh yellowish, rather tender, juicy, with agreeable 

 sprightliness ; pit small, oval; season the last of June. 

 Magann. P. avium, i. New Haven Nur. Cat. 12. 1899-1900. 



Magann is a hardy, Sweet Cherry originating in Franklin County, Missouri; fruit 

 large, nearly black, borne in large clusters. 



Magese. P. cerasus. i. Thomas Guide Prat. 24. 1876. 2. Leroy Diet. Pom. 5:327 

 fig. 1877. 



Magese was received by Leroy from Florence, Italy, about 1864. Fruit large, attached 

 in twos and threes, obtuse-cordate; stem stout, short, inserted in a wide, deep cavity; 

 skin yellow, washed with carmine; flesh yellowish, moderately tender, juicy, sugary, 

 acidulated; first quality; stone small, round, plump; ripens the first of June. 

 Magnifique de Daval. Species? i. Mas Pom. Gen. 11:154. 1882. 2. Mathieu Nom. 

 Pom. 368. 1889. 



The flowers and foliage are described by Mas in his Pomologie Generale. 

 Magog. Species? i. Okla. Sta. Bui. 2:13. 1892. 



Listed in the reference given. 

 Mammoth. P. avium, i. Ohio Pom. Soc. Rpt. 10:44. 1862. 



Kirtland's Mammoth. 2. Elliott Fr. Book 198 fig. 1854. 3. Mas Potn. Gen. 11:31, 

 32, fig. 16. 1882. 



Mammuthkirsche. 4. Proskauer Obstsort. 56. 1907. 



Mammoth was raised, probably about 1842, by Professor J. P. Kirtland of Cleveland, 

 Ohio, from a pit of a Yellow Spanish tree grown apart from other cherries. Tree large, 

 vigorous, round-topped, usually unproductive; fniit of the largest size, often averaging 

 three and one-half inches in circumference, obtuse-cordate, with a large, prominent suture; 

 stem of medium thickness, long; skin moderately thick, attractive clear yellow, blushed 



