DUKE CHERRIES. 



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Fruit of medium size, round, or a little flattened at the apex 

 and base. Skin of a fine lively red. Stalk moderately long. 

 Flesh yellowish amber, scarcely red. Juice abundant, and of 

 a rich flavour. The trees are of a distinct habit of growth, be- 

 ing very compact, and growing quite slowly. The buds are 

 very closely set, and the fruit is borne in thick clusters. Mid- 

 dle and last of June. 



58. LATE DUKE. Thomp. Lind. P. Mag. 

 Anglaise Tardive. 



A very large and fine Duke cnerry, 

 ripening a month later than the Mayduke, 

 and therefore a very valuable sort for the 

 dessert or for cooking. The tree is of vigo- 

 rous growth, but when of bearing size, the 

 whole branches spread almost horizontally. 

 Leaves larger than those of the Mayduke. 

 Fruit large, flattened or obtuse heart- 

 shaped, much more depressed in its figure 

 than the Mayduke. Colour, when fully 

 ripe, rich dark red ; (but at first white, 

 mottled with bright red.) Stalk rather 

 slender, inserted in a shallow hollow. 

 Flesh yellowish, tender, juicy, with a 

 sprightly sub-acid flavour, not quite so 

 sweet and rich as the Mayduke. Ripens 

 gradually, and hangs on the tree from the 

 middle of July till the 10th of August. 

 The. branches of this tree are slender in their growth, and the 



whole habit of the tree seems to incline more to the Morella 



than the Duke class. 



59. MAYDUKE. Mill. Thomp. Lind. 



80. Late Duke. 



Royale Hative, 



Cherry Duke, (of some,} 



Cerise Guigne, 



Coularde, 



De Hollande, 



D'Espagne, 



Griotte Grosse Noire, 



Griotie D'Espagne, (of some,) 



Griotte Precoce, (of some,) 



Early Duke, 

 Large Mayduke, 

 Morris Duke, 



of various Morris' Early Duke, 

 French Benham's Fine Early Duke, 

 gardens. Thompson's Duke, 

 Portugal Duke, 

 Buchanan's Early Duke, 

 Millett's Late Heart Duke. 



of various 



English 



gardens. 



ac. to 



Thomp. 



This invaluable early cherry is one of the most popular sorts 

 in all countries, thriving almost equally well in cold or warm 

 climates. This, the Black Heart, and the Bigarreau, are the 

 most extensively diffused of all the finer varieties in the United 

 States. And among all the new varieties none has been found 



