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Maryland, attracted the notice of the late Wm. Prince, who 

 propagated it under the name of Elkhorn, by which it was 

 there known. The leaves are broad, the bark of a peculiarly 

 gray colour, and the growth quite vigorous. 



Fruit large, heart-shaped, with a very irregular or uneven 

 surface. Skin deep black, glossy, (before fully ripe, deep pur- 

 pie, mottled with black.) Stalk rather short, set in a pretty 

 deep hollow. Flesh very solid and firm, dark purple, mode- 

 rately juicy, with an excellent flavour. Ripe first and second 

 week in July. 



54. TOBACCO LEAVED. Thomp. Lind. 



Four to the Pound. 

 Cerisier de 4 a Livre. 

 Bigarreautier a Feuilles de Tabac. 

 Bigarreautier a Grandes Fenilles. 

 Guignier a Feuilles de Tabac. 

 Vier auf ein Pfund. 



The tobacco leaved cherry is an example of one of the impo- 

 sitions sometimes practised upon the public by dishonest nurse- 

 rymen. It has been extensively sold, both in Europe and this 

 country, under the high sounding title of " Four (cherries) to 

 the Pound," while in fact it only bears a very small hard flesh- 

 ed yellowish cherry tinged with a little red, with a long stalk, 

 and a large stone, and of inferior flavour. The leaves are 

 very large and coarse. 



Class III. Duke Cherries. 



(Fruit roundish, sub-acid at first, becoming nearly sweet ; skin thin ; flesh very 

 iuicy and melting. Trees of upright or horizontal growth, with flat, dark co- 

 loured leaves.) 



55. ARCH DUKE. Thomp. Lind. Fors. 



Griotte de Portugal. O. Duh. Nois. 

 Portugal Duke. 

 Late Arch Duke. 

 Late Duke, (of some.) 



This is a variety of the Mayduke, with considerably larger 

 fruit ; ripening a fortnight later, but we think inferior to it in 

 flavour. It is very scarce in this country, and even abroad 

 more than half the cherries sold under this name are either the 

 Mayduke or the Late Duke. The trees of the true sort are 

 good bearers, rather more vigorous than those of the Mayduke, 

 with longer diverging branches, which become slightly pendu- 

 lous in bearing specimens. 



