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61. SWEET MONTMORENCY. Man. 

 Allen's Sweet Montmorency. 



This cherry, a seedling raised by J. F. Allen, 

 Esq., of Salem, Mass., does not properly be- 

 long here, as, though in external appearance 

 it resembles a Montmorency, it is of very sweet 

 and delicate flavour, and the whole growth 

 and habit of the tree is rather that of a Heart 

 cherry than a Duke, or Morello. It is no doubt 

 an accidental hybrid between these two classes. 

 It is a good bearer, ripens long after sweet 

 cherries are gone, and is a valuable acquisi- 

 tion to all collections of this fruit. 



Fruit of medium size, round, slightly flat- 

 tened at the base, with a distinctly depressed 

 point at the apex. Skin pale amber in the 

 , shade, light red, slightly mottled, in the sun. 

 ' Stalk an inch and three fourths long, rather 

 slender, inserted in a small, shallow, even hol- 

 low. Flesh yellowish, tender, sweet and ex- 



c" oo"^ *7 \/r . cellent. Ripens here the last week in July: 

 Fig. 82. Sweet Mont- . ~. j .M / * J 



morency. m Boston during the early part of August. 



Class IV. Morello, or Acid Cherries. 



(Fruit round, or flattened, acid, skin thin, flesh juicy and melting. Trees of low 

 and spreading growth, with slender branches, which are often drooping and 

 wiry, and small dark green foliage.) 



62. BELLE MAGNIFIQUE. Man. 

 Belle et Magnifique. Ken. 



A sort recently imported into the neighbourhood of Boston, 

 from France, and first introduced to notice here by Gen. Dear- 

 born. The tree is of stronger growth than most of its class, 

 and bears moderate crops. 



Fruit large, round. Skin light red, mottled with darker 

 spots. Stalk pretty long and inserted in a hollow of moderate 

 depth. Flesh juicy, but quite acid. Good for preserving. 

 Ripens about the middle or last of July. 



63. BUTTNER'S OCTOBER MORELLO. Thomp. 

 Biittner's October Zucker Weichsel. 



A new, Dutch, acid cherry, said to be the latest variety known 



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