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size, productive; fruit very large, roiuidish or inclined to obtuse-cordate; stem long, rather 

 slender, straight; skin dark red becoming nearly black; flesh reddish, tender, juicy, highly 

 flavored, sprightly, with pleasant acidity when fully mature; stone long, resembling a 

 plum; season late July. 



Plymouth Rock. P. ammn. i. Lovett Cat. 25 fig. 1895. 2. Mich. Sta. Bui. 169:200. 

 1899. 



Plymouth. 3. Ont. Dept. Agr. Fr. Ont. 102. 1914. 



Plj^mouth Rock is generally believed to have origuiated with J. H. Black, Hightstown, 

 New Jersey. Tree vigorous, upright, round-topped; fruit above medium in size, heart- 

 shaped, roundish; skin tender, reddish-amber, with a bright red blush; stem long, slender; 

 cavity narrow, shallow; flesh rather tender, light colored, juicy; pit round, plump, small; 

 season early July. 

 Podiebrad. P. avium, i. Thomas Guide Prat. 27. 1876. 



Podiebrad Buutc Herzkirsche. 2. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 3:29. 1858. 3. III. 

 Handb. 21 fig., 22. 1867. 



Probably a seedling from Podiebrad, Himgary. Tree vigorous, productive, bears 

 early; fruit above mediimi in size, obtuse-cordate; suture indistinct; stem long; ca\'ity 

 wide, moderately deep; skin tender, translucent, sulphur-yellow, nearly entirely washed 

 and spotted \vith red; flesh tender, pale yellow, juicy, sweet, without sourness; stone 

 medium egg-shaped; ripens early in July. 

 Pointed Guigne. P. avium, i. Prince Pom. Man. 2:119. 1832. 



This cherry is so named because part of the style becomes hard and Hgneous forming 

 a sharp point at the apex of the fniit. Fruit cordate; color red on a yellow ground; flesh 

 firm, crisp, rich, tinged with a slight bitterness; early. 

 Polsted. Species? i. Jour. Hart. N. S. 24:412. 1873. 



Polsted received its name from a parish in Suffolk, England, where it was extensively 

 grown. 

 Polton Gean. P. avitim. i. Lond. Hart. Soc. Cat. 50. 183 1. 



Listed without a description. 

 Pomeranzen. P. avium, i. Truchsess-Heim Kirschensort. 479-482. 1819. 2. Doch- 

 nahl Fzi/i?-. Obstkunde z:^;^. 54. 1858. 



Cerise Orange. 3. Mortillet Le CmsiVr 2:306. 1866. 



The name was given this cherr>- because of the appearance of the tree which resembles 

 that of the orange. Tree round with a globular head; fruit large, broadly oblate; stem of 

 medimn length, firmly set in a deep cavity; suture a line; skin clear, almost brick-red, 

 becoming glossy, darker, and transparent with many white spots; flesh clear, tinged red, 

 with yellowish-white veins, juicy, sweetly acidulated; first quality; stone mediiun in size, 

 round, turgid, sharply pointed; ripens the middle of July. 



Pontiac. P. avium, i. Mag. Hort. 19:167, 168. 1853. 2. Elliott Fr. Book 201 fig. 

 1854. 3. Hogg Frtut Man. 69, 89. 1866. 



Pontiac originated in 1842, with Professor J. P. Kirtland, Cleveland, Ohio, from 

 a pit of Yellow Spanish. Tree vigorous, upright, somewhat spreading, healthy, pro- 

 ductive; fniit medium to large, obtuse-cordate, with sides compressed; stem long, slender, 



