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flattened at the stalk. Skin, dark purplish red. Stalk, long and 

 slender. Flesh, tender, reddish purple, juicy, and acid. 

 Ripe in August. 



Sheppard's Bedford Prolific. See Bedford Prolific. 

 Small Early May. See Early May. 

 Small May. See Early May. 

 Spanish Heart. See Black Heart. 



SPARHAWK'S HONEY (SparrowhawVs Honey). Fruit, of 

 medium size, roundish heart-shaped, and very regular in form. Skin, 

 thin, of a beautiful glossy pale amber red, becoming a lively red when 

 fully ripe, partially transparent. Stalk, of moderate length, rather 

 slender, set in a round, even depression. Flesh, melting, juicy, with a 

 very sweet and delicate flavour. 



An American melting, sweet cherry ; ripe the end of June and be- 

 ginning of July. 



Spotted Bigarreau. See Biyarreau cle Hollande. 

 Staatsbluhenderkirsche. See All Saints. 

 Superb Circassian. See Black Tartarian. 

 Sussex. See Kentish. 

 Tardive a Bouquets. See All Saints. 

 Tardive a Grappes. See All Saints. 



TARDIVE DE MANS (Merveille de Septembre). Fruit, small, 

 ovate, flattened at the stalk. Skin, smooth and shining, clear red 

 in the shade, and mottled with purplish red where exposed. Flesh, 

 firm, sweet, juicy, and nicely flavoured. 



This, like Belle Agathe, hangs very late, but it is not so large or so 

 good as that variety. 



TECUMSEH. Fruit, above medium size, obtuse heart-shaped, 

 flattened on one side. Skin, reddish purple, or dark brownish red, 

 mottled with red. Flesh, reddish purple, half- tender, very juicy and 

 sweet, but not highly flavoured. 



Ripe in the middle and end of August, and is valuable as a late 

 variety. 



Thompson's Duke. See May Duke. 



TOBACCO-LEAVED (Ounce Cherry; Four-to-the-Pound ; Quatre 

 a la Livre ; Bigarreautier Tardif a Feuilles de Tabac ; Biyarreautier a 

 Grandes Feuilies ; Bigarreau Tardif; Guignier a Feuilles de Tabac ; Vier 

 auf ein Pfund). Fruit, rather below medium size, heart-shaped, 

 some what flattened on one side, which is marked with a fine line ex- 



