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to name in this section such varieties as May Duke, 

 Reine Hortense, and Belle de Choisy. 



5. AMARELLES. Sour cherries, with watery flesh, 

 dwarf trees, and small foliage. Here belong Mont- 

 morency and its near relatives. 



6. GRIOTTES. Very sour cherries, with trees re- 

 sembling the preceding. This group, according to 

 the author, seems to be typified in Morello, which he 

 gives as a synonym of Griotte du Nord. 



It should be said, before going further, that 

 these semi-generic terms, such as Amarelle, 

 Biggareau, Griotte, etc., do not have the 

 unequivocal significance which one is led to 

 expect of them. Different writers use them 

 in very different senses, as was pointed out by 

 the present scribe in discussing this matter 

 several years ago. * 



We have already referred several times to 

 the systematic work of Dr. Lucas. His cherry 

 classification is also worth study. It was de- 

 rived partially from Dr. Truchsess, but was 

 materially the work of Dr. Lucas himself, f 

 The general outline was translated and pub- 

 lished in this country by the present writer in 

 1898.$ It runs as follows: 



* Country Gentleman, 63 : 948. Albany, N. Y., 1898. 

 f See Lucas' "Einleitung in das Studium der Pomologie," 

 p. 196. Stuttgart, 1877. 



\ Country Gentleman, 63:928. Albany, N. Y,, 1898. 



