HEART CHERRIES. 



167 



llass I. Heart Cherries. 



.Fruit sweet, with tender or half tender flesh, heart-shaped, or oval ; trees with 

 broad, somewhat pendant foliage.) 



3 . AMERICAN AMBER. 



Bloodgood's Amber. 

 Bloodgood's Honey. 

 Bloodgood's New Honey. 



This exceedingly bright and pretty cherry, was raised 

 some years ago by Mr. Daniel Bloodgood, of Flushing, Long 

 Island. It is a most abundant bearer, the fruit hanging in the 

 richest bunches from the branches, giving the tree a fine ap- 

 pearance when in fruit, but it is only second rate in point of 

 flavour. At a little distance it resembles the American Heart, 



from which, however, 

 it differs in being a 

 tender fleshed fruit, of 

 very regular outline, 

 while the latter is 

 partially firm, (be- 

 longing to the Bigar- 

 reau class,) and of an 

 irregular figure. 



Fruit of medium 

 size, (borne three or 

 four in a cluster,) 

 and very regular 

 form, roundish heart- 

 shaped, often nearly 

 round, with a slightly 

 indented point at the 

 apex, (like a May- 

 duke.) Skin very 

 thin, smooth, even, 

 and glossy, clear light 



Fig. 59. American Amber. amber at first, but, 



when ripe, delicately mottled and overspread with clear bright 

 red. Stalk long, slender, and inserted in a very slight and 

 narrow cavity. Flesh amber colour, tender, abounding with a 

 sprightly, though not high flavoured juice. Ripe about the 

 25th of June. This is nearly related, but is inferior in quality, 

 to Downer's Late, and Sparhawk's Honey, which ripen at the 

 same time. 



