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tending to the apex, and terminating in a curved point, such as is met 

 with in some varieties of Peaches. Skin, tender, shining pale amber- 

 coloured on the shaded side, but mottled and spotted with dark red on 

 the side next the sun. Stalk, slender, two inches long, placed in a 

 shallow cavity. Flesh, firm, pale amber-coloured, transparent, juicy, 

 and with a sweet rich flavour. Stone, medium sized, ovate. 

 It ripens in the beginning of August. 



There is nothing for which this cherry is remarkable, except its large leaves and 

 high-sounding name ; however it came to be called " Four-to-the- Pound" would 

 puzzle any one to imagine, but such is the name by which it was at one time 

 known, and under whi< h it was found in all nursery men's catalogues. It is a very 

 old cherry, and is evidently of English origin, being mentioned by Parkinson as 

 early as 1629, under the more modest designation of " Ounce Cherrie." He says, 

 "The Ounce Cherrie hath the greatest and broadest leafe of any other Cherrie, but 

 beareth the smallest store of Cherries everie yeare that any doth, and yet blossometh 

 well ; the fruit also is nothing answerable to the name, being not great, of a pale 

 yellowish red, neere the colour of amber, and therefore same have called it the 

 Amber Cherrie." There is no doubt it is this variety also which is described by 

 Meaner under the name of " Cilie^eberrylin," which he says is "as big as an 

 indifferent uprle." The Germans ascribe its introduction on the Continent to 

 the Karl of Murray, who had a seat at Menin, in Flanders, whence it was taken 

 into Germany by M. See bach, colonel of an Austrian regiment of cavalry, and 

 who received it from Lord Murray's gardener under the name of Quatre a la Livre. 

 The leaves are a foot and sometimes 18 inches long. 



TOMATO. Fruit, very large, about an inch in diameter, roundish, 

 and somewhat oblate, with shallow furrows on its sides like a tomato. 

 Skin, clear red. Stalk, about an inch and a quarter long. Flesh, 

 pale, tender, juicy, and agreeably flavoured. 



A handsome cherry of the Red Duke class. 



TRADESCANT'S HEART (Elkhorn ; St. Margaret's ; Large Black 

 Hiynrreau ; Biyarreau Gros Xoir ; (hiif/ne Noire Tardive). Fruit, of 

 the largest size, obtuse heart-shaped, indented and uneven on its sur- 

 face, and considerably flattened next the stalk on the side marked 

 with the suture. Skin, at first dark red, but changing when fully ripe 

 to dark blackish purple. Stalk, slender, an inch and a half to an inch 

 and three-quarters long. Flesh, dark purple, adhering firmly to the 

 stone, firm, sweet, and briskly sub-acid. 



It ripens in the end of July and beginning of August. 



TRANSPARENT (De Jonghes Transparent). Fruit, above medium 

 size and oblate, with a bold style mark on the apex, and with a very 

 faint suture on the side. The skin is thin and transparent, showing 

 through it the netted texture of the flesh, and of a uniform pale red 

 colour all over. Flesh, melting, tender, sweet, and delicious. 



This comes among the Red Dukes, and is allied to Belle de Choisy. 

 It was raised by De Jonghe of Brussels from the Montmorency. 



TRANSPARENT GEAN. Fruit, small, regularly heart-shaped, 

 and marked with a suture which extends in a line over the whole. 

 Skin, delicate, transparent, and shining, pale yellow, and finely mottled 



