690 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



Catalonian. See White Primordian. 

 Cerisette Blanche. See White Primordian. 

 Chapman's Prince of Wales. See Prince of Wales. 



CHERRY (Early Scarlet; Miser Plum; Myrobalan ; Virginian 

 Cherry). Fruit, medium sized ; cordate, somewhat flattened at the 

 stalk, and terminated at the apex by a small nipple, which bears upon 

 it the remnant of the style like a small bristle. Skin, very thick and 

 pale red, covered with small greyish white dots. Stalk, three-quarters 

 of an inch long, slender, and inserted in a small cavity. Flesh, yellow, 

 sweet, juicy, and subacid, adhering to the stone. 



It may be used in the dessert more as an ornamental variety than 

 for its flavour, but it makes excellent tarts. Ripe in the beginning 

 and middle of August. The young shoots are smooth, slender, and 

 thickly set with buds. 



This is the Prunus myrobalana of Linnaeus. It is frequently grown in shrub- 

 beries and clumps, as an ornamental tree, where in spring its profusion of white 

 flowers render it an attractive object. 



CHESTON (Diapree Violette Friar's). Fruit, medium sized ; oval y 

 and rather widest at the stalk, and the suture scarcely discernible. 

 Skin, purple, thickly covered with blue bloom, and separating freely 

 from the flesh. Stalk, half an inch long, slender, and attached without 

 depression. Flesh, deep yellow, firm, brisk, and with a sweet, 

 agreeable flavour, separating freely from the stone. 



Suitable either for the dessert or preserving ; ripe the beginning and 

 middle of August. The young shoots are downy. The tree is a vigor- 

 ous and an abundant bearer. 



It is one of our oldest recorded varieties, being mentioned by Parkinson and Rea. 

 Lindley, and, following him, some subsequent writers, cite the Matchless of Langley 

 as synonymous with this variety ; but the Matchless, of that and all English authors 

 who have mentioned it from Rea downwards, is a white or light yellow variety, and 

 consequently cannot be the same as the Cheston. 



DE CHYPRE. Fruit, very large ; roundish, and depressed at the 

 apex, with a shallow suture extending the whole length of the fruit, 

 and terminating in a small nipple. Skin, bright purple, covered with 

 blue bloom. Stalk, short and thick, slightly depressed. Flesh, hard 

 and sour, adhering to the stone, but when highly ripened it is sugary, 

 tender, and well flavoured. 



Ripe in the beginning and middle of August. The young shoots 

 are smooth, strong, and vigorous, the whole appearance of the tree 

 resembling strongly the Italian Damask. 



This is the Prune de Chypre of Duhamel, and is a very different variety from 

 the Damas Musque, which, according to Duhamel, is sometimes known by this 

 name, and which is made synonymous with De Chypre in the Horticultural 

 Society's Catalogue. 



De Chypre. See Damas Musque. 



