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on both sides, marked with a very faint suture on one side. Skin, 

 dark brown, nearly black, and very shining. Stalk, an inch and a half 

 to two inches long, placed in a shallow depression. Flesh, dark red, 

 tender and juicy, with a briskly acid flavour, but which it loses and 

 becomes richer the longer the fruit hangs on the tree. Stone, medium 

 sized, ovate, and adhering closely to the flesh. 



This variety ripens in August. It has a close resemblance to the 

 Morello, but is much smaller, and is used for the same purposes. 

 The tree forms a close round head with slender, pendulous shoots, and 

 is an excellent bearer. 



Katafia Weichsel. See Ratafia. 

 Red Heart. See Gascoigne. 



RED JACKET. Fruit, large, heart-shaped. Skin, amber, covered 

 with pale red, but when fully exposed entirely covered with bright red. 

 Stalk, two inches long, slender. Flesh, half-tender, juicy, and of good, 

 but not high, flavour. 



Ripe in the beginning and middle of August. It is valuable for its 

 lateness. 



REINE HORTENSE (D'Aremberg; Belle Audigeoise; Belle de 

 Bavay ; Belle de Laeken; Belle de Prapeau; Belle de Petit Brie ; Belle 

 Supreme; Grosse de Wagnelee ; Guigne Noire de Strass ; Hybrid de 

 Laeken; Louis XVI II. ; Lernercier ; De Meruer ; Merveille de Hol- 

 Lande ; Monstrueuse de Bavay ; Monstrueuse de Jodoigne ; Morestein ; 

 Reine Hortense Larose; Rouvroy ; Seize a la Livre). Fruit, very 

 large, one inch and one-twelfth long and an inch wide, oblong, and 

 compressed on the sides. Skin, very thin and translucent, at first 

 pale red, but assuming a bright cornelian red, and changing to dark 

 brilliant red the longer it hangs. Stalk, very slender, about two inches 

 long. Flesh, yellow, netted, very tender, and very juicy, with a sweet 

 and agreeably acidulous juice. 



A very excellent cherry of first-rate quality ; it ripens in the middle 

 and end of July. 



The tree is a free and vigorous grower and an excellent bearer. It 

 was raised in 1832 by M. Larose, a nurseryman at Neuilly, near 

 Paris, and first produced fruit in 1838. 



RIVAL. Fruit, below medium size, obtuse heart-shaped, uneven in 

 its outline, flattened on one side, and marked with a distinct suture. 

 Skin, black. Stalk, an inch and a half long, slender. Flesh, firm 

 and crackling, sweet, and richly flavoured. 



A very late small black Bigarreau, in use till the end of August 

 and beginning of September. It hangs as late as Belle Agathe. The 

 tree is a profuse bearer. 



ROCKPORT BIGARREAU. Fruit, large, obtuse heart-shaped, 

 uneven in its outline, and with a swelling on one side. Skin, pale 



