CHERRIES \ '. 1 AVA7 7/:.V. 



Reil /'/</.- x. Flesh 



BELLE DE CHOISY. Fruit large round ; skin amber, 

 mottled with rod, transparent ; flesh tender, very 

 juicy, sweet, without acidity ; ripe beginning of 

 July ; tree vigorous, spreading, hardy, moderate 

 bearer ; wall or standard. 



BELLE DE MAGNIFIQUE. Fruit very large, handsome ; 

 skin clear bright red ; ilesh tender, juicy, and sub- 

 arid ; ripe middle to end of August ; tree semi- 

 erect, forming a handsome pyramid, and bears 

 immensely. 



CUE'S LATI; CARNATION. Fruit medium-sized ; skin 

 dull yellow, clouded and mottled with bright red ; 

 flesh tender, juicy, sub-acid, mellowing by hang- 

 ing ; ripe middle to end of August, hanging until 



pale ; juice uncoloured. 



September, and useful for variety at desserts ; tree 

 vigorous, healthy, moderate bearer. 



LATE DUKE. Fruit large ; skin, shining bright red, 

 darker red when matured ; flesh tender, juicy, sub- 

 acid ; after hanging richly flavoured ; ripe middle 

 to end of August ; valuable through lateness ; tree 

 rigorous, sturdy, forming a fine bush. 



REINE HORTENSE. Fruit very large, long, and hand- 

 some ; skin very thin, bright red, changing to 

 dark brilliant red by hanging ; flesh very tender, 

 very juicy, sweet, and very agreeably acidulous ; 

 ripe middle to end of July ; tree free, vigorous 

 grower, and bears freely. 



2. MORELLOS. Leaves small and narrow ; branches long, slender, and drooping. 



Black Moreltos. Flesh dark ; juice coloured. 

 MORELLO. Fruit large, roundish, inclined to heart 

 shape ; skin dark red, becoming black by hanging ; 

 flesh tender, juicy, briskly acid, but after hanging 

 agreeably flavoured ; ripe July and August, but 

 hanging until September ; tree spreading, semi- 



pendulous, hardy, and an abundant bearer ; suc- 

 ceeds as a bush or standard ; extensively grown 

 against walls exposed to the north. It is the most 

 esteemed for culinary purposes, preserving, and 

 confectionery of all cherries. 



Red Morellos or Kentish. 



FLEMISH RED (Montmorency), or Gros Gobet. Fruit 

 above medium size ; skin smooth and shining, 

 clear red, changing to dark red by hanging ; flesh 

 tender, very juicy, and briskly acid ; ripe middle 

 to end of July ; tree moderately vigorous, makes a 

 neat orchard tree, an I fertile pyramid. 



Flesh pale ; juice uncoloured. 



KENTISH. Fruit medium sized ; skin pale red, becom- 

 ing dark red or black if allowed to hang ; flesh 

 tender, juicy, and briskly flavoured ; ripe middle 

 to end of July ; tree vigorous, hardy, forming 

 fruitful bushes and standards. It is considered 

 the best cooking cherry and a sweetmeat when 

 preserved. 



LIST OF SELECT CHERRIES IN ORDER OF RIPENING. 



DESSERT VARIETIES. 

 June. 



Early Purple Gean. 

 Guigne d'Annonay. 

 Belle d'Orleans. 

 Early Rivers. 

 Early Jaboulay. 

 Early Red Bigarreau. 

 Welder's Early Black. 

 Bigarreau de Schreken. 

 Empress Eugenie. 



July. 



Black Tartarian. 

 Bohemian Black Bigarreau. 



Bigarreau de Gueben. 



Waterloo. 



Governor Wood. 



Belle de Choisy. 



Frogmore Early Bigarreau. 



May Duke. 



Black Eagle. 



Lud wig's Bigarreau. 



Elton. 



Bigarreau de Mezel. 



Royal Duke. 



Reine Hortense. 



Buttner's Black Heart. 



Archduke. 



Duchess de Palluau. 



Mammoth. 



Nouvelle Royale. 

 Bigarreau. 

 Tradescant's Heart. 

 Bigarreau Napoleon. 



August. 

 Florence. 

 Late Duke. 

 Emperor Francis. 

 Coe's Late Carnation. 

 Guigne de Winkler. 



CULINARY VARIETIES. 

 Kentish. 



Belle Magnifique. 

 Morello. 



