THE CLASSIFICATION OF CHERRIES 197 



I. Sweet cherries. 



1. BLACK HEARTS. Fruit with colored juice, 



black skin, and soft flesh. 



2. BLACK CRACKLING CHERRIES. Fruit with col- 



ored juice, black skin, and hard flesh. 



3. VARIEGATED HEARTS. Fruit with colored 



juice, variegated skin, and soft flesh. 



4. VARIEGATED CRACKLING CHERRIES. Fruit 



with colored juice, variegated skin, and hard 

 flesh. 



5. YELLOW HEARTS. Fruit with uncolored juice, 



yellow skin, and soft flesh. 



6. YELLOW CRACKLING CHERRIES. Fruit with 



uncolored juice, yellow skin, and hard flesh. 

 II. Tall-growing Weichsels. 



7. SWEET WEICHSELS. Fruit with colored juice 



and dark skin. 



8. GLASS CHERRIES. Fruit with colored juice 



and hard flesh. 

 III. Dwarf Weichsels. 



9. WEICHSELS, Fruit with colored juice and dark 



skin. 



10. AMARELLES. Fruit with uncolored juice and 



light-colored skin. 

 IV.. Hybrid cherries. 



11. HYBRID SWEET CHERRIES. Growth like the 



sweet cherry; fruit like the Weichsel. 



12. HYBRID SOUR CHERRIES. Growth like the 



sour cherries; fruit like the sweet cherries. 



Each of these twelve classes is again sub- 

 divided into three orders, according to the 



