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MARY. 



Raised by B. B. Kirtland. Greeubush, 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, 

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

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

 stem, in a broad hollow. Season, last of June. 



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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, 

 Morris 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. 



LlNDLEY. 



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

 Euclid, O. 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- 



