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firm, yellowish, sweet, with slightly colored juice; stone elongated-ovate, large, plirnip; 



late. 



Schone von Briigge. .Species? i. Matliieu Nom. Pom. 376. 1889. 



Belle Brugeoise Saint- Pierre. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 11:159. 1882. 



Listed but not described in the reference given. 

 Schone von Marienhohe. P. avium, i. ///. Handb. 57 fig., 58. i860. 2. Proskauer 

 Obstsort. 57. 1907. 



Belle glorie de Marie. 3. Mortillet L^ CermV?- 2:300. 1866. 



Belle de Marienhohe. 4. Thomas Guide Prat. 19, 187. 1876. 



Beauty oj Marienhohe. 5. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 549. 1901. 



This old variety originated in 1836 from pits planted in the Royal nursery of Marien- 

 hohe near Weimar, Saxe- Weimar, Germany. Trees strong, healthy and productive; 

 fruit medivun in size, heart-shaped, often variable; sides plump; cavity noticeable; apex 

 a small yellowish-brown point in a slight depression; stem slender, green; skin thin, glossy, 

 reddish-black; flesh and juice dark red, tender, sweet; quality very good; pit egg-shaped, 

 smooth without a point, turgid; ripens the first of July. 



Schrocks Spate Bunte Knorpelkirsche. P. avium, i. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstkunde 3:43. 

 1858. 



Fruit large, elongated-cordate, compressed, often imeven; suture noticeable; stem 

 long, slender; skin dark red, variegated; flesh firm, vinous, sweet; stone elongated-cordate, 

 adherent; ripens at the end of July. 



Schwarze Forellenkirsche. P. cerastes, i. Krunitz Enc. 70, 71. 1790. 2. Truchsess- 

 Heim Kirschensort. 593, 594- 1819. 



Tree productive, not large; fruit large, roundish, slightly flattened; stem very long, 



set in a cavity of medium size; skin glossy, dark brownish-black becoming almost black; 



flesh very red, melting, juicy, sour; stone reddish, one-half inch long; ripens early in August. 



Schwarze Maiweichsel. P. cerasus. i. Christ Worterb. 285. 1802. 2. Dochnahl Fiihr. 



Obstkunde 3:38. 1858. 



Schwarze Maikirsche. 3. Truchsess-Heun Kirschensort. 498, 499, 500. 1819. 



This variety dift'ers from other Morellos in its very short stem. Tree small, not 

 productive; fruit usually small, roundish, flattened; suture indistinct; stem short; color 

 black when ripe; flesh dark red, juice lighter, sour, becoming aromatic on hanging; stone 

 very small, round; ripens the middle of June. 



Schwarze Muskateller. P. avium, i. Christ Handb. 671. 1797. 2. Truchsess-Heim 

 Kirschensort. 419, 420, 421. 1819. 



Fruit round, somewhat flattened on one side; stem short; skin and flesh dark red; 

 flesh soft, juicy, mingled with a slight sourness; ripens the latter part of July. 

 Schwarze Oranienkirsche. Species? i. Krunitz Enc. 56. 1790. 2. Truchsess-Heim 

 Kirschensort. 432. 18 19. 



Schwarze Malvasierkirsche. 3. Ibid. 433, 434. 1819. 



Fruit large, pitch-black, aromatic; from Holland. 

 Schwarze Soodkirsche. P. cerasus. i. Christ Worterb. 286. 1802. 2. Truchsess-Heim 

 Kirschensort. 556, 557. 1819. 



