168 CHERRIES. 



2. AMBER GEAN. Thomp. 



Gean Amber. 



A pretty little Gean (or Mazzard,) with a very thin and 

 transparent skin, and sweet flavour. It is exceedingly produc- 

 tive, ripens late, and hangs till the middle of July. 



Fruit small, oval or obtuse heart-shape, quite regular in 

 form, generally borne in threes. Skin very thin and pellucid, 

 showing the texture of the flesh beneath, colour pale yellow, 

 partially overspread with a very faint red. Stalk long and 

 slender, very slightly inserted. Flesh white, juicy, melting, of 

 a sweet and pleasant flavour. 



This considerably resembles the Transparent Guigne, but it 

 is rather smaller and less handsome. It is also more pellucid, 

 more yellow, less distinctly spotted with red, and is borne in 

 clusters, which the latter is not. 



3. BATIMANN'S MAY. 



Bigarreau de Mai. Ken, 

 Wilder's Bigarreau de Mai 

 Bigarreau de Mai. Thomp. ? 



This cherry, which, under the name of Bigarreau de Mai, 

 has already obtained quite a reputation as the earliest cherry, 

 was received several years ago by our friend M. P. Wilder, 

 Esq., President of the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society, from 

 the Messrs. Baumann, of Boll- 

 wyller, in France. The label was 

 lost on the passage, and the " Bigar- 

 reau de Mai," being in the invoice 

 it was supposed that such might 

 be the name of this variety. As, 

 however, it is not a Bigarreau, but 

 a tender fleshed cherry, we think 

 it best for the present to call it 

 Baumann's May. The young 

 branches are literally covered with 

 the abundance of the fruit, it being 

 a most prolific bearer. Branches 

 strong, leaves large. 



Fruit rather small, oval heart- 

 shaped, and rather angular in out- 

 line. Skin deep rich red, becom- 

 ing rather dark when fully ripe. 

 Stalk an inch and three fourths Fig. 60. Baumann's May. 

 long, pretty stout at either end, and set in a very narrow, and 

 rather irregular cavity. Flesh purplish, tender, juicy, and 

 when fully ripe, tolerably sweet and good. Ripens here the 

 20th of May- 



