HEART CHERRIES. 



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18. HONEY. Thomp. 



Large Honey. 



Yellow Honey. 



Late Honey. 



Merisier a fruit blanc. N. Duh. 



The Honey cherry is a variety of the Mazzard but little 

 larger than the common black variety, and its chief merits are 

 great productiveness and lateness of ripening. It is exceedingly 

 sweet when fully ripe, and will hang for a long time upon the 

 tree, which is one of the hardiest and thriftiest in its growth ; 

 but Downer's Late, which ripens at the same time is, every 

 way, so much superior, that when that variety can be had, the 

 Honey cherry will scarcely find a place in the garden. 



Fruit small, roundish or oval. Skin smooth, yellowish, mar- 

 bled with red at first, but becoming deep amber-red. Stalk 

 long and slender, very slightly inserted. Flesh tender, melting, 

 with a honied sweetness. Middle of July. 



19. HYDE'S RED HEART. Man. 



A new variety which we received from Mr. Manning, not yet 

 proved here. The fruit is said to be heart-shaped, medium 

 size ; skin, at first, pale, but becoming a rather lively red. 

 Flesh tender, with a pleasant, sprightly flavour. The young 

 trees make strong shoots, the bark of which is light gray, dotte? 

 with clusters of small white specks. 



20. KNIGHT'S EARLY BLACK. Thomp. Lind. P. Mag. 



A most admirable early cherry, resem- 

 bling the Black Tartarian, though much 

 more obtuse in form, but ripening nearly a 

 week earlier, or about the tenth of June. 

 It is one of Mr. Knight's seedlings, a cross- 

 breed between the Bigarreau or Graffion 

 and the Mayduke, originated about 1810, 

 and is universally admired. 



Fruit large, a little irregular in outline, 

 obtuse heart-shaped. Stalk of moderate 

 length, rather stout, (much more so than 

 in the Black Eagle,) and inserted in a 

 deep, open cavity. Skin dark purple, 

 becoming black. Flesh purple, tender, 

 juicy, with a rich and sweet juice of high 

 flavour. 



Fig. 67. Kniffht't Early 

 mack. 



