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Fig. 1859. Empress Eugenie (reduced.) 

 easily distinguished. Both bear in thick 

 clusters all along^ the branches, and their 

 mild acid makes them more desirable for 

 pies than the Kentish varieties, at least to the 

 taste of many people. They have one fault, 



Fig 1S60. May Duke (reduced.) 



viz. , that of uneven ripening-, often showing^ 

 very green samples and very ripe ones on 

 the same bunch. The Duke cherries may 



Fig. 1S62. Beari.ng Habit of Elton. 



well be classed separately from all others, 

 and Fig-. 1863 shows a good t)-pe of the 

 tree. This is a May Duke iri our experi- 

 mental plot, but the Royal Duke, Late Duke 

 and the Empress Eugenie are so similar in 

 habit that one tree will well represent them 

 all. They grow upright and attain a con- 



Fig. 1861. Bearing Habit OF Cleveland. Fig. 1863. May Duke Tree at Maplehurst. 



