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the shade, but in the sun finely mottled with yellowish red, the fruit 

 fully exposed becoming a bright cornelian red. Flesh amber colored,, 

 very tender and melting, of a delicate sweet flavor. Stalk rather short, 

 swollen at the upper end. Best. Middle of June or directly after the 

 May Duke. (Downing.) 



OLIVET. 



A new French cherry, with the following description from the cat- 

 alogue of Transou Brothers, of Orleans, France : 



This sort takes a place not occupied up to the present among the 

 list of early cherries. Nearly all the early sorts we possess are sweet 

 amber or red varieties, with a limited fruiting season. The Olivet 

 cherry is a large, globular, very shining, deep red sort. The flesh i& 

 red with a rose-colored juice, tender, rich, and vinous, with a very 

 sweet, subacidulous flavor. It ripens in the beginning of June, and 

 continues until July without losing its quality. It possesses the fer- 

 tility of the best of the Duke tribe, and is perhaps the largest of that 

 class. A friend writes that it fruited with him the past season, but 

 being very dry the fruit was small ; otherwise it sustained its foreign 

 reputation. (Downing.) 



REINE^HORTENSE. 



Monstreuse de Bavay, Belle de Bavay, Lemercier, Seize a la Livre. 

 French origin, of Duke habit. Tree a healthy and handsome grower, 

 productive, and a very desirable variety. Fruit very large, roundish, 

 elongated. Skin a bright, lively red, somewhat marbled and mottled. 

 Suture distinctly marked by a line without any depression. Flesh 

 tender, juicy, very slightly subacid, and delicious ; best of its season. 

 Ripe from the middle to the last of July. ( Downing.) 



BELLE MAGNIFIQUE. 



Belle et Magnifique, Belle de Sceaux, Magnifique de Sceaux, Belle 

 de Chatenay, Planchoury. Tree hardy, moderately vigorous, produc- 

 tive ; a beautiful and excellent late variety. Useful for culinary pur- 

 poses, and good table fruit when pretty ripe. Fruit large, roundish, 

 inclining to heart shape. Stalk long, slender, in an open, medium 

 cavity. Skin a fine bright red. Flesh juicy, tender, with a sprightly 

 subacid flavor; one of the best of its class. Ripe from the middle of 

 July till the middle of August. ( Downing. ) 



WRAGG. 



Originated in Iowa. Medium to large ; stem long ; dark purple 

 when fully ripe. A variety well adapted for the high latitude and 

 prairie regions of the Northwest. July. (A. C. Griesa & Bro. Nur- 

 sery Catalogue.) 



