CHERRIES. 289 



Wachsknorpelkirsche ; Jaune de Bdttner ; Wachsknorpelkirsche). 

 Fruit, medium sized, roundish heart-shaped, flattened at the stalk and 

 on one side, and a little indented at the apex. Skin, clear pale yellow, 

 and without any tinge of red, but if it hangs long on the tree it 

 becomes brownish spotted. Stalk, stout, from an inch and a half to 

 two inches long, inserted almost even with the fruit. Flesh, pale, 

 very firm, but juicy, and of a sweet and particularly rich flavour. 

 Stone, rather small, roundish ovate, and separates freely. 



It is the best of all the yellow cherries, and well deserving of culti- 

 vation. It ripens in the middle and end of July. The tree is very 

 healthy, vigorous, and hardy, succeeds well as a standard, and is a 

 regular and abundant bearer. It was raised by Biittner, of Halle, and 

 introduced in 1803. 



CARNATION (Crown ; English Bearer of some ; Grosse Cerise 

 Rouge Pale; ilc Yillenne ; de Villennes Ambre ; Griottier Rouge Pale; 

 Nouvelle d 1 Angleterre ; Rouge d' Orange ; de Portugal; Rothe Oranien- 

 kirsche ; Oranienkirsche ; HoWindischekirsche ; Fleischfarbigenkirsche ; 

 Allendorfen Kiwhe : llrwtsehche Rothe oder O rang en ; Prinzrnkirsche ; 

 d 1 Orange; Rouge de BruxeHfs ; Weisse Malcasierkirsche). Fruit, 

 large, round, and flattened, inclining to oblate. Skin, thin, separating 

 freely from the flesh, glossy, light red at first, but becoming of a 

 deeper colour as it hangs, and of a pale yellow or amber colour where 

 shaded. Stalk, from an inch and a quarter to an inch and a half long, 

 stout, and inserted in a shallow depression. Flesh, white, yellowish, 

 tender, juicy, with a sweet and richly flavoured juice. The stone is 

 of medium size, almost round, and separates freely from the flesh. 



This is a most excellent and richly flavoured cherry. It is ripe in 

 the end of July. The tree is hardy and healthy, and moderately 

 vigorous, but not a good bearer. This may account for a variety of 

 such excellence being so little cultivated. This is an old complaint 

 against it, for Switzer says: "It is no extraordinary bearer. How- 

 ever, one or t\vo ought to be planted for its charming variety." 



This is one of the oldest cherries no\v found in our collections. It is first 

 mentioned by Kea in 1665. and is subsequently enumerated in Meager' s List. 

 With all our pomological authors it has been a commended variety, but it is not 

 noticed by Miller. 



Cerise a, Bouquet. See Cluster. 



Cerise Doucette. See Belle de Choisy. 



Cerise Tardive. See All Saints. 



Cerisier de la Toussaint. See All Saints. 



Cerisier Pleureur. See All Saints. 



Cherry Duke of Duhamel Sae Jeffreys' Duke. 



Chevreuse Male. See Cluster. 



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