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it is marked with a yellow point. Skiri, thin, of a brilliant red colour, 

 which becomes of a dark red as it attains maturity. The common 

 peduncle is about half an inch long, and the stalk an inch and a half. 

 The fruit generally grows singly and rarely in pairs. Flesh, yellowish, 

 very tender and juicy, with a brisk and agreeable acidulous flavour. 

 Juice, pale red. Stone, roundish oval and thick. 



A very fine cherry of the May Duke class. 



It ripens in the end of July, about a fortnight after the May Duke. 

 The tree is exactly similar to the May Duke in the growth and in the 

 leaves. 



Duke. See May Duke. 



Dutch Bigarreau. See Bigarreau de Hollande. 



Dutch Morello. See Morello. 



EARLY AMBER (Early Amber Heart}. Fruit, above medium 

 size, heart-shaped. Skin, pale amber, with a flush of red next the 

 sun. Stalk, two inches long. Flesh, pale yellow, juicy, sweet, and 

 richly flavoured. 



It ripens in the beginning of July. 



Early Black. See Black Heart. 



EARLY BLACK BIGARREAU. Fruit, large, as large as the 

 Bohemian Black Bigarreau, distinctly heart-shaped, and very uneven 

 in its outline. Skin, jet black. Stalk, an inch and a half to an inch 

 and three-quarters long. Flesh, dark purple, very tender, richly 

 flavoured, sweet, and excellent. 



This is a fine early Bigarreau ; ripe in the beginning of July. 



Early Duke. See May Duke. 



EARLY JABOULAY (Bigarreau Jaboulay ; Bigarreau Gaboulais ; 

 Bigarreau de Lyons]. Fruit, large, obtuse heart-shaped, uneven in its 

 outline, rounded at the apex, and marked with a distinct, though not a 

 deep suture. Skin, thin, deep amber, thickly mottled with blotches 

 and dots of blood red of a bright colour ; sometimes it is quite pale 

 and amber-coloured, with a little red on it in dots and spots ; when 

 fully exposed and allowed to hang it is more overspread with red and 

 becomes nearly black. Stalk, an inch and a half to two inches long, 

 rather deeply inserted. Flesh, quite pale and opaline, very tender 

 and very juicy, sweet, and of excellent flavour. Juice, pale. 



A first-rate early cherry ; ripe out of doors in the end of June, but 

 in an orchard-house in the end of May and beginning of June. 



It is not a Bigarreau, but a Gean. 



EARLY LYONS (Guigne Hdtive de Lyons ; Ease de Lyons). 

 Fruit, of the largest size, obtuse heart-shaped, rather bossed on its 

 surface, and flattened on one side, which is marked with the suture. 



