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great Linnaeus himself, has been verified* 

 Mr. Knight linving remarked " That the 

 " opinion of that great naturahst, that 

 " the cliaracter of the male parent gene- 

 " rallypredominatedin the exterior of the 

 " ofispring*," was true, for both the above 

 varieties are perfect instances of the truth 

 of it. Tins hypothesis is equally illus- 

 trated in the new cherries lately raised 

 by the same gentleman. The Waterloo 

 and Black Eagle cherries described in the 

 foregoing pages were the result of two 

 kinds, and the Mayduke was selected 

 as the male parent. The trees even at 

 this time, although very young, may be 

 known by the exterior form of the wood, 

 and shape and situation of the buds, 

 particularly that of the Waterloo both at 

 Downton Castle on the parent tree, as well 

 as in the progeny therefrom in my own 

 nursery, which bear the very stamp and 

 character of the Mayduke, while the fruit 

 both in colour and flavour is totally dif- 



* Mr. Knight, Pomona Hereford. Art. Downton 

 Pippin. 



