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(sometimes rather obtuse,) irregular and uneven on the surface. 

 Skin glossy, bright purplish black. Flesh purplish, thick, (the 

 stone being quite small,) half-tender, and juicy. Flesh very 

 rich and delicious. 



9. BOWYER'S EARLY HEART. Thomp. 



A new English variety, as yet little known with us. It is 

 one of the earliest of light coloured cherries, and a good bearer, 

 being in eating very early in June. 



Fruit rather below medium size, obtuse heart-shaped. Skin 

 amber, mottled with red. Flesh white, soft, or very tender, 

 juicy, with a pleasant, sweet flavour. 



10. BLACK MAZZARD. Thomp. Lind. 



Mazzard, ~| 



Common English, I ,. A 



Wad English Cherry, (.of American 



Black Honey, f ^rdens. 



Bristol Cherry. J 



Cerasus avium. Dec. 



Wad Black Fruited, I 



Small Wad Black, I of English 



Whixley Black, f gardens. 



Merry Cherry. J 



Merisier a petit fruit. O. Duh. 



Merisier a petit fruit noir. 



This is the wild species of Europe, being common in the for- 

 ests of France and some parts of England ; and it has now be- 

 come naturalized, and grows spontaneously on the borders of 

 woods in many parts of the Atlantic states. It is the original 

 species from which nearly all the fine Heart and other sweet 

 cherries, have sprung. It is small, and of little value for eat- 

 ing, retaining, unless very ripe, a certain bitterness ; but it 

 ripens and hangs on the tree until the middle or last of July, so 

 that it then becomes somewhat acceptable. It is, however, 

 chiefly valued for the manufacture of cherry brandy, and in 

 districts where this is carried on, from the large size and great 

 fruitfulness of the trees it is quite a profitable sort. It affords 

 the most valuable seedling stocks on which to bud and graft 

 finer varieties. 



Fruit small, roundish or oval heart-shaped, flattened a little 

 on both sides. Stalk long and very slender, inserted in a small 

 depression. Skin thin, and when fully ripe, jet black. Flesh 

 soft and melting, purple, with an abundant, somewhat bitter 

 juice. 



The WHITE MAZZARD, of Mr. Manning, is a seedling raised 

 by that pomologist, which differs little except in its colour. 



