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variety at Maplehurst is only three years planted. It is evidently a strong, 

 vigorous grower, and quite productive. 



The cherry is obtuse, heart-shaped ; dark red in color, and the flesh quite 

 as firm as that of Tradescant's Black Heart. The quality seems excellent for all 

 purposes. It ripens on the 5th of July, and hangs on the tree until the 13th. 

 Cherries picked and left in the house keep without change two or three days. 

 The fruit is borne in clusters, which are very easy to gather. 



Fll!. 813. — MoNTMORENCy (LAEliE). 



Of the Morello cherries, we have noted particularly the behaviour of the 

 Early Richmond and the Wragg\}i\\^ season. After reading so much in Nursery- 

 man's catalogues of Kentish, Early Richmond and Montmorency Ordinrire, it was 

 rather a surprise, after fruiting them all, to find them one and the same cherry, 

 with possibly a few slight variations where reproduced from the seeds. Suppose we 

 call them all Early Richmond, would it not be better for all concerned ? There 

 is also the Late Kentish, which differs chiefly in time of ripening, and which is 

 well known throughout the country as the Common Red, or, I^te Pie cherry. 



The Early Richmond is a valuable cherry for pies and for canning. The 

 tree is hardy and may be grown much farther north than the Heart and Bigarreau 



