THE CLASSIFICATION OF CHERRIES 199 



zard trees often attain great age and size, 

 particularly in the Delaware-Chesapeake 

 peninsula. There are no cultivated varieties, 

 or practically none. 



2. HEARTS, or heart-shaped; soft, sweet cherries, 



light or dark. Represented by Black Tar- 

 tarian, Governor Wood. 



3. BIGARREAUX; heart-shaped, firm-fleshed, sweet 



cherries, like Napoleon and Windsor. 



4. DUKES; light colored, somewhat acid flesh, 



such as May Duke and Reine Hortense. 



II. Sour cherries Prunus cerasus. 



5. AMARELLES; light colored, sour cherries, with 



colorless juice, such as Early Richmond and 

 Montmorency. 



6. MORELLOS; dark colored, sour cherries, with 



dark colored juice. Morello, Ostheim, Gri- 

 otte du Nord, Lutovka. 



The classification devised by Thomas may 

 be studied from the following " Synopsis of 

 Arrangement ": * 



I. HEARTS AND BIGARREAUX. Fruit heart-shaped, in- 

 clining to sweet; tree vigorous and regular 

 in growth. 



1. Fruit black, red, or crimson. Black Hawk, 



Black Tartarian. 



2. Fruit bright red, or lighter. American Heart, 



Downer, Elton, Governor Wood, Napoleon. 



* Thomas, "American Fruit Culturist," p. 381, edition of 

 1885. New York. 



