CHERRIES. 



Holt, but they increase by suckers like black thorns, and bear upon as small 

 bushes. I have more than once curiously examined them ; for, soon after the 

 time that I first saw them, I entered into a contract with the right honourable Lord 

 Robert Manners, which engaged me to reside the greatest part of my time at 

 Bloxholme, which is no more than five miles from Baramdam. I have got some 

 plants of the kind under rny care, which thrive well and bear plentifully ; though 

 before I saw the original Holt, I had betn told they would not thrive in any other 

 place ; but I find them quite to the contrary, for they will grow and bear upon 

 moist spungy land, where other cherries will not live long. This I have seen near 

 Ancaster, where I bought some young plants, and there was a larger tree in that 

 ground than any one at Baramdam ; it was quite healthy and free from moss, 

 notwithstanding its roots were in water the greatest part of the year. 



" They will root well the first year of laying, and I think that the best way to 

 propagate them ; for the commun kinds made use of for stocks are nut so- good, 

 being subject to make strong downright roots, whereas these are very fibrous, and 

 grow very near the surface. 



"I have propagati-d the Duke Cherry upon them, and it is not so subject to 

 blights as it is up >n the wild black or red, though it does not mnke so strong 

 shoors ; but I think it is the better for that, for dwarfs or espaliers. 



"The trees upon their own roots never grow to be large ones, and the leaves 

 are small and smooth, and are of a bright colour ; the young shoots are small, 

 much like those of the Morella, and bear their fruit like them, the greatest part of 

 which ripens in August, arid but few in July. 



" It is a middle-sized round cherry, of a red colour, and its taste is not quite so 

 sweet as some others ; though it is not a sour cherry, yet it has souie little 

 flavour of bitter in it, like the wild black." 



Petit Cerise Bond Precoce. See Early May. 

 Petit Cerise Rouge Precoce. See Early May. 

 De Palembre. See Belle de Choistj. 

 Pie Cherry. See Kentish. 

 Planchoury. See Belle Maynifique. 



PONTIAC. Fruit, large, obtuse heart-shaped, compressed on the- 

 sides. Skin, dark purplish red, nearly black. Stalk, an inch and a 

 half to two inches long. Flesh, purplish red, half-tender, juicy, sweet, 

 and agreeable. 



It ripens in the latter end of July. 



Portugal Duke. See May Duke. 



POWHATTAX. Fruit, medium sized, roundish heart-shaped, com- 

 pressed on the sides, uneven in its outline. Skin, brownish red and 

 glossy. Stalk, two inches long. Flesh, rich purplish red, half-tender, 

 juicy, sweet, but not highly flavoured. 



It ripens in the end of July. 



Princesse de Hollande. See Biyarreau de Hollande. 

 Quatre a la Livre. See Tobacco -leaved. 



RATAFIA(Z?nm/fe Bruxelles ; Eatafia Weichsel ; Brusseler Braune ; 

 Brussehche I>Vw/?i). Fruit, medium sized, round, and a little flattened 



