HEART CHERRIES. 



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4. BLACK HEART. Thomp. Mill. Lind. 



Early Black. 



Ansell's Fine Black. 



Spanish Black Heart. 



Black Russian, (of American gardens. 



Black Caroon, (erroneously, of some.) 



Guinier a fruit noir. O. Dun. 



Guigne grosse noir. 



Grosse Schwarze Hertz Kirsche. 



The Black Heart, an old variety, 

 is better known than almost any 

 other cherry in this country, and its 

 great fruitfulness and good flavour, 

 together with the hardiness and the 

 large size to which the tree grows, 

 render it every where esteemed. 



Fruit above medium size, heart- 

 shaped, a little irregular. Skin 

 glossy, dark purple, becoming deep 

 black when fully ripe. Stalk an 

 inch and a half long, slender, set in 

 a rnonerate hollow. Flesh, before 

 fully ripe, half tender, but finally 

 becoming tender and juicy, with a 

 rich, sweet flavour. Ripens the last 

 of June, about ten days after the 

 Mayduke. 



Fig. 61. Black Heart. 



5. BLACK HEART, MANNING'S EARLY. Man. 



This is a seedling raised by the late Robert Manning, of 

 Salem, Mass., from the common Black Heart. In size, form 

 and colour, it scarcely differs from the original variety, but it 

 has the merit of ripening ten days earlier about the same time, 

 or even a little before the Mayduke. 



6. BLACK HEART, WERDER'S EARLY. Thomp. 



Werder's Early Black. 



Werdersche Friihe Schwarze Herz Kirsche. 



A new variety, recently introduced from England, and which 

 promises to be very valuable on account of its ripening among 

 the very earliest cherries. Fruit of medium size, heart-shaped ; 

 skin black ; flesh purplish, tender, sweet and excellent. Ripens 

 the last of May, or very early in June. 



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