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July, and succeeding the May Duke. The tree is a very free grower, 

 with much the habit of the May Duke, is quite hardy, and an excellent 

 bearer. It succeeds well as a standard, and is also well adapted for 

 training against a wall. 



This excellent cherry was raised at Downton Castle, about the year 1810, by 

 Miss Elizabeth Knight, daughter of T. A. Knight, Esq., from the seed of the 

 Graffion or Bigarreau, fertilised by the pollen of the May Duke. 



BLACK HAWK. Large, obtuse heart-shaped, uneven in its out- 

 line, and compressed on the sides. Skin, deep, shining, blackish 

 purple. Stalk, about an inch and a half long. Flesh, dark purple, 

 tolerably firm, rich, and sweet. 



An American cherry. Ripe in the middle and end of July. 



BLACK HEART (Amell's Fine Black; Early Black; Lacure ; 

 Spanish Black Heart; Guigne Noire; Guigne Grosse Noire; Grosse 

 Schivarze Herzkirsche). Fruit, pretty large, distinctly and truly heart- 

 shaped, undulating and uneven on its surface, sometimes quite mis- 

 shapen with undulations, considerably flattened next the stalk, on the 

 side which is marked with the suture. Skin, at first dark red, but 

 changing as it ripens to dark blackish purple, and with a small russety 

 dot at the apex, which is sometimes elongated to a sharp point. Stalk, 

 from an inch and a half to an inch and three-quarters long, slender. 

 Flesh, dark red, firm, but tender, adhering a little to the stone, and of 

 a sweet, rather rich, and agreeable flavour. Stone, large and thick. 



A very old and well-known cherry, which still retains its popularity. 

 Ripe the beginning and middle of Juty. 



As an orchard variety it is still grown to a large extent, the tree 

 being a strong grower and an abundant bearer, but there are many 

 others which are much preferable. 



Black Morello. See Morello. 

 Black Orleans. See Corone. 

 Black Russian. See Black Tartarian. 



BLACK TARTARIAN (Tartarian ; Fraser's Black ; Eraser's Black 

 Tartarian ; Fraser's Black Heart ; Ronalds' Black ; Ronalds' Large 

 Black Heart ; Circassian ; Black Circassian ; Black Russian ; Fraser's 

 Tartarische Schivarze Herzkirsche). Fruit, very large, obtuse heart- 

 shaped. Skin, shining, of a dark blackish brown, becoming quite 

 black when ripe. Stalk, an inch and a half to two inches long, 

 inserted in a flattened cavity. Flesh, purplish, rather tender than 

 firm, juicy, and very richly flavoured. The stone is small for the size 

 of the fruit, and obtuse heart-shaped. 



This most delicious cherry is ripe the end of June and beginning of 

 July, and is in greatest perfection when grown against a wall. The 

 tree is quite hardy, a free and vigorous grower, at first having an 



