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THE CHERRY. 



Fruit of medium size, half as large as the Bigarreau, very 

 regularly heart-shaped. Skin much dotted and marbled with 

 rich red on an amber yellow ground. Stalk rather short and 

 slender. Flesh yellowish, half tender, with a sweet and plea- 

 sant flavour. Ripe middle to the last of June. Young trees 

 thrifty, with spreading, rather drooping branches slender at 

 the ends, and light gray bark. A good bearer. 



51. MANNING'S LATE BLACK. Man. 

 Manning's Late Black Heart. 



A seedling, raised by Mr. Manning, of Salem, its parent the 

 Black Heart. Fruit large, roundish. Skin deep purple, or 

 nearly black when fully ripe. Flesh purplish, pretty firm, mo- 

 derately juicy and sweet. Ripens about the second week in 

 July. 



52. REMINGTON. 



Remington White Heart. Prince. 

 Remington Heart. 



A small, firm fleshed, yellow cherry, a native of Rhode Island, 

 which ripens very late, but is of too indifferent flavour to be 

 worthy of cultivation. 



Fruit small, heart-shaped. Skin yellow, rarely with a faint 

 tinge of red on one side. Flesh yellowish, dry, and somewhat 

 bitter. Middle and last of August. 



53. TKADESCANT'S BLACK HEART. Thomp. 



Elkhorn, > Prince. 



Elkhorn of Maryland, f 

 Large Black Bigarreau. Man. 

 Tradescant's, ~| 



Bigarreau Gros Noir, 

 Guigne Noire Tardive, I 2% t( 



Grosse Schwarze Knoorpel, I lh<m P- 

 Kirsche mil Saftigem Fleisch.J 



A very remarkable, and a very good 

 fruit. It is remarkable for the exceed- 

 ingly solid " liver like" consistence of its 

 flesh, and the irregular surface of its skin. 

 Its good qualities are, handsome appear- 

 ance, late ripening, rich flavour, and mode- 

 rate and uniform productiveness. When 

 the trees are young and thrifty, the fruit is 

 often of the largest size, fully as large as 

 that of the Black Tartarian. It is an Eu- 

 ropean variety, but a tree growing about 40 

 years since in the garden of an inn in 



