THE CHERRIES OF NEW YORK 3II 



Remington. P. avium, i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 18S. 1845. 



Remington Heart. 2. Prince Treat. Hort. 30. 1828. 3. Land. Hort. Soc. Cat. 55. 

 1831. 4. Prince Pom. Man. 2:117, nS. 1832. 



Remington originated in 1823 from a pit planted by Zachariah Allen, Providence, 

 Rhode Island. Its only merit is lateness, not ripening until August; fruit small, cordate, 

 yellow, tint^ed with red; flesh firm; bears abundantly. 

 Rentz Morello. P. cerasus. 1, Mo. Bd. Agr. Rpt. 243. 1878. 



Mentioned as succeeding fairly well in Missouri. 

 Resacks Knorpelkirsche. P. avium, i. Matliieu Norn. Pom. ij^. 1889. 



Listed without a description. 

 Richardson. P. avium, i. Cole Am. Fr. Book 238. 1849. 2. Elliott Fr. Book 212. 

 1S54. 



Originated in the garden of J. R. Richardson, Boston, Massachusetts. Tree upright, 

 hardy, productive; fruit large, heart-shaped, rather short, tapering to a point; stem short, 

 slender; sldn dark red, inclining to black; flesh deep red, half -tender, rich, luscious, sweet; 

 ripens the last of June to July. 

 Richardson Late Black. Species? i. Mag. Hort. 8:28s- 1842. 



Originated in the garden of Dr. Wilham P. Richardson, Salem, Massachusetts. A 

 small, round, black cherry, ripening late in July; very juicy and productive. 

 Richter Samling. Species? i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 373. 1889. 



Listed but not described. 

 Riga No. 108. P. cerasus. i. Tex. Sta. Bui. 16:99. 1891. 



Listed among the Russian fruits growing at the Texas Station. 

 Riga No. 109. P. cerasus. i. Kan. Sta. Bui. 73:189. 1897. 



Received from Professor J. L. Budd in 1890. Tree upright, unproductive; fruit 

 borne singly, large; stem short; color dark red; flesh and juice colored, pleasant, but lacking 

 in quality ; ripens the middle of June. 



Rival. P. avium, i. Card. Man. 7:248. 1865. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 69, 90. 1866. 

 3. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 373. 1889. 



Bigarreau Rival. 4. Leroy Diet. Pom. 5:236, 237 fig. 1877. 



This cherry probably came from M. Rival, Saint-Genis-Laval, Rhone, France. Fruit 

 of medium size, borne in clusters, never less than four in a cluster, obtuse-cordate, flattened 

 on one side; suture a colored line; apex shallow, eccentric; stem long, slender; cavity shallow; 

 sldn moderately firm, yellow, mottled with red becoming darker, nearly black when mature; 

 ripens the last of July to August. 



Rivers Early Heart. P. avium, i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 177. 1845. 2. Thomas 

 Am. Fruit Cult. 204. 1846. 



A seedling raised by Thomas Rivers, Sawbridgeworth, England, which he says origi- 

 nated about the same time as his Early Amber. The fruit is of the Heart class, medium 

 in size and season. 



Roberts Red Heart. P. avium, i. Mag. Hort. 8:285. 1842. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 

 176. 1845. 3- Horticulturist 5:76 fig 1850. 4. Ibid. 6:21 fig. 1851. 5. Mas 

 Le Verger 8:iig, 120, fig. 58. 1866-73. 



