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Mary. 



Raised by B. B. Kirtland, Greenbush, N. Y., and noted in the Horti- 

 culturist as similar to Christiana. 



* Manning's Mottled. 



Mottled Bigarreau. 



Raised by Mr. Manning, Salem, Mass. Tree, vigorous, spreading, very 

 productive. Fruit, large, roundish heart shape ; suture, half round, dis- 

 tinct line opposite ; amber color, mottled and overspread with red ; flesh, 

 yellovrish white, half tender, juicy, sweet, deficient in flavor ; pit, large, 

 oval, Jays in a hollow separated on all sides but one from the flesh ; 

 stem, in a broad hollow. Season, l^t of June. 



Madison. 



Madison Bigarreau. 



Raised by Mr. Manning. Tree, healthy, moderate grower, tolerably 

 productive Fruit, medium ; color, red, marbled on light yellow ; flesh, 

 half tender, juicy, sprightly very agreeable ; pit, small, oval ; stem, slender. 

 Season, last June. 



May Duke. 



Early Duke, 

 Large May Duke, 

 MoTris Duke, 

 Morris' Early Duke, 

 Benham's Fine Early Duke, 

 Thompson's Duke, 

 Portugal Duke, 



Buchanan's Early Duke, 



Milieu's Late Heart Duke, 



Royal Hative, 



Cerise Guigne, 



Coularde, 



De Holland, 



D'Espagne. 



From France. Tree, hardy, upright growth. It produces freely, but 

 ripens so irregularly that we have entirely discarded it: from young trees 

 one can rarely gather a pint of ripe fruit at any one time. The Holman's 

 Duke, Jeffrey's Duke, Late Duke of most gardens. Royal Duke, and Le- 

 mercier, a new vaiety from France, are all so similar to May Duke that 

 one description will suit all. They are only sub-varieties, and the Late 

 Duke probably obtained by propagating from late ripening branches 

 of May Duke. Fruit, roundish obtuse heart shape ; red at first, becoming, 

 when fully ripe, a dark purplish red ; flesh, reddish, tender, juicy, sub-acid. 

 Season, last of May to last of June. 



LiNDLEY. 



Raised by Prof Kirtland from seeds given him by. Mr. M. Lindley, of 

 Euclid, 0. Tree, vigorous, moderately prolific. Fruit, large, heart shape, 

 surface uneven ; dark purplish red ; flesh, almost firm, tinged with red, 

 juicy, but deficient in richness of flavor. Season, first of July. 



Leather Stocking. 



Raised by Prof Kirtland in 1842 ; gravelly soil. Tree, vigorous, hardy, 

 moderately productive. Fruit, medium to large, heart shape, often ob- 



