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or mottled with light red; flesh whitish, with abundant, uncolored juice, fine-grained, 

 with distinct radiating lines, nearly tender, sweet yet almost sprightly; very good in 

 quality; stone roundish-oval, regular; season early. 

 Mammoth Oxheart. P. avium, i. Pioneer Nur. Cat. 16. 1905-06. 



Listed, probably not propagated at present. 

 Manger. Species? i. ///. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 211. 1896. 



Mentioned without a description. 

 Manning Early Black. P. avium, i. Mag. Hort. 8:282. 1S42. 2. Elliott Fr. Book 

 218. 1854. 



This variety was grown from a pit of Black Heart by Robert Manning, Salem 

 Massachusetts. It differs from the parent only in time of ripening, which is ten days 

 earlier, and in form of tree, which is more spreading. 

 Manning Early White Heart. P. avium, i. Kenrick Am. Orch. 243. 1S41. 



Still another seedling raised by Robert Manning, this one coming from a seed of White 

 Turkey Bigarreau. Fruit of medium size, cordate, pale red, amber in the sun, sweet, 

 fine; ripens in June. 



Manning Late Black. P. avium, i. Mag. Hort. 8:284. 1S42. 2. Cole Am. Fr. Book 

 234. 1S49. 



Manning Black Bigarreau. 3. Kenrick Am. Orch. 235. 1841. 



Black Bigarreau. 4. Bridgeman Gard. Ass't Pt. 3:54. 1847. 



This is another of Robert Manning's seedlings of the Black Heart. Tree vigorous, 

 hardy, productive; fruit medium in size, roundish-cordate; skin deep purple, nearly black; 

 stem long; flesh purplish-red, firm, rather juicy, sprightly, with a pleasant, luscious flavor; 

 ripens the second week in July. 



Manning Mottled. P. avium, i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 176. 1845. 2, Thomas Am. 

 Fruit Cult. 361. 1849. 



Mottled Bigarreau. 3. Mag. Hort. 8:283. 1842- 



Robert Manning, Salem, Massachusetts, raised this cherry from a seed of White 

 Bigarreau. Tree vigorous, productive; fruit rather large, roundish-cordate, flattened on 

 one side, with a distinct suture; stem slender, inserted in a shallow cavity; skin amber, 

 shaded and mottled with red, with a semi-transparent, glossy appearance; flesh yellow 

 when fully ripe, tender, with a sweet, delicious juice; stone large; season at the end of 

 June. 



Maple Heart. P. avium, i. Brookshaw Pom. Brit. PL 8. 1817. 2. Lond. Hort. Soc. 

 Cat. S3. 1831. 



This a rather firm-fleshed, red Heart of second size and third quality, ripening in 



July- 



Marells Royal. vSpecies? i. Ariz. Sta. Bui. 15:65. 1895. 



Mentioned as having been planted in Arizona. 

 Maria Gaucher. P. avium, i. Proskauer Obstsort. 57. 1907. 



Listed as a variegated, hard-fleshed cherry. 

 Marie de Chateatmeuf. P. avium. 1. Thomas Guide Prat. 18. 1876. 



Probably named after the wife of the Marquis de Chateauneuf; fruit very large, 



