148 Notes on some New Varieties of Fruits. 



knowledged fine flavored varieties, as standards. Plants of 

 this variety are, it is understood, to be sent out by Mr. Walker 

 this spring, when opportunity will be afforded to test its qual- 

 ities in various soils and situations, and under different modes 

 of culture, and thus authorize the assignment of its definite 

 position. 



CHERRIES. 



Belle ©'Orleans Cherry is a very early variety, and there- 

 fore, perhaps, desirable. It is of good size, in color a light 

 red, sweet, though with hardly sufficient flavor to give it a 

 place among those of the first class for excellence. Ripens 

 about June 20. 



BiGARUEAU Gabaulis, OR MoNSTREUSE DE Mezel, is a vcry 

 large cherry, dark colored, resembling somewhat, in appear- 

 ance and flavor, the Black Tartarian, and ripening at about 

 the same time with that variety. 



Cerise de Xavier, Lemercier, and De Spa, are cherries, 

 all bearing a strong resemblance to each other, seeming to be 

 of the Morello family. They are of medium size, of a bright 

 red color, and quite acid, suited, therefore, for cooking rather 

 than the dessert. If permitted to hang on the tree till dead 

 ripe, they may, however, in the absence of other varieties, 

 answer for the table. 



BiGARREAU NoiR Tardif. A vcry good cherry, the dark- 

 est colored, perhaps, of all the black cherries, of good size, 

 sweet, and ripening about the middle of July. Promises, 

 both on account of its beauty and flavor, to be an acqui- 

 sition. 



Seedling of the Messrs. Hovey. One of the best, if not 

 the very best new cherry, tasted the past season, was a seed- 

 ling of the Messrs. Hovey, It was of the largest size, am- 

 ber-colored, mottled, with a red cheek, had a firm flesh, 

 sweet, high flavored, and was very fine. The present indi- 

 cations are, that this cherry will take a high rank, and become 

 an established favorite. 



