386 Descriptions of Select Varieties of Cherries. 



from some reason, probably on account of its merits not being 

 well known, it has not been generally disseminated. The 

 tree, Mr. Thompson states, "does not 

 bear well when young, but, when it 

 does begin, it is an abundant bearer, 

 well deserving of cultivation, as it 

 comes in late in the season, after the 

 Elton, and many other good sorts are 

 over." 



Within a year or two, some very 

 beautiful specimens have been exhib- 

 ited before the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society, and greatly admired. 

 In general appearance, the Florence 

 resembles the Bigarreau, but it is larg- 

 er than that variety, and more obtusely 

 heart-shaped. It must be considered 

 an indispensable addition to every good 

 collection. 



Fig. 36. Florence Cherry. rpj^g t^ce is of a Spreading habit, 

 similar to the Bigarreau ; wood yellowish ; leaves rather large, 

 oblong, tapering to the point, waved on the margin, mode- 

 rately serrated, with prominent veins beneath ; petioles short, 

 with reniform glands. 



Fruity large, about one and an eighth of an inch in diam- 

 eter, and one long : Form, roundish lieart-shaped, flat at the 

 base, and depressed at the apex, with an indented point: Skin, 

 pale amber, beautifully mottled with red in the shade, and of 

 a bright red in the sun: Stem, long, about one and a half 

 inches, slender, and inserted in a broad shallow cavity : Flesh, 

 amber-colored, firm : Juice, abundant, sweet, rich, and deli- 

 cious: Stone, small, roundish oval. Ripe from the middle to 

 the end of July. 



6. Black Eagle. Hort. Soc. Catalogue, 3d Ed. 1842. 



The Black Eagle, {fig. 37,) according to the Transactions 

 of the London Hortic'ultural Society, was raised "by Miss 

 Elizabeth Knight, of Downton Castle, about the year 1806, 

 from a seed of the Ambree, which had been fertilized by the 



