Stone Fruits: Cherries 



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Fig. 368. Cherry, Half Standard (Morello) in bloom 



Black Eagle. Medium. Large cherry with good flavour and firm flesh. 

 A good-quality cherry, which sells well. Very useful orchard cherry. 



Waterloo. Late medium. Similar to Black Eagle, but not so large. 



Turks. Late. Very fine large fruit. Crops well, and is a firm cherry. 

 A good orchard cherry. 



Class III. Dukes or Guig-nes. 



The cherries of this class are not grown commercially to any great 

 extent in England. The best-known variety is May Duke. 



Class IV. Acid or Cooking- Cherries. 



Kentish Red. Medium. A good cooking cherry. Crops well. Re- 

 markable in that the stones can be pulled out with the strig. 



Flemish. Late. Similar in other respects to Kentish but larger. 



Morello. Late. Crops well. Used for preserving and bottling. Small 

 fruit. 



