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AMYGDALACE^E. V. CERASUS. 



the end of July. Flesh firm. A first-rate table fruit. Does 

 best against a south wall. 



38 Churchill's heart. Fruit large, pale yellow and red. 

 Flesh firm. A first-rate table fruit. Does well as a standard. 



39 Guigne grouse blanche. Fruit pale yellow and red. Flesh 

 firm. A second-rate table fruit, ripening about the middle of 

 July. Does best against a south wall. 



40 Guigne grosse rouge hdtive. Fruit red. Flesh firm. A 

 second-rate table fruit, ripening about the beginning of July. 

 Does best as a standard. 



41 Krugcr's herz Kersche zu Frankfort. Fruit red and pale 

 yellow ; flesh firm. Ripening in July. Does best against a 

 south wall. 



42 Lady Southampton's yellow. Fruit yellow. Flesh firm. 

 A second-rate table fruit, ripening in July and August. Does 

 best as a standard. Lady Southampton's duke cherry, Lady 

 Southampton's golden-drop, yellow or golden cherry. 



43 Large heart cherry. 



4 1 Late or Spanish heart. 



45 Lukeirard's heart. Fruit blush. Flesh half tender. A 

 second-rate table fruit, ripening in July. A bad bearer. Does 

 well as a standard. 



46 Maple heart. Fruit red. Flesh firm. A bad fruit. 



47 Red heart. Fruit red. Flesh firm, ripening in July. A 

 second-rate sort and a shy bearer. 



48 Remington heart, 



49 Shailer's new grizzly. Fruit yellow and red. Flesh hard. 

 An useless sort, ripening in July. Does as a standard. 



50 Guigne grosse blanche, guigne a gros fruit blanc (Duh. 

 arb. fr. 1. p. 161. t. 1. f. 3.). Fruit pale yellow and red, heart- 

 shaped. Flesh firm. A worthless fruit, ripening middle of 

 July. 



Var. /3, obtusata (Ser. mss.) fruit ovate, obtuse, or 2-lobed at 

 the apex, with the suture hardly depressed. To this variety 

 belong the following kinds of cherries : 



1 Bigarreau, grajfion, bigarreau gros, bigarreau d'Hollande, 

 Italian heart, Harrison's heart, West's white heart. Fruit pale 

 yellow and red, obtuse, heart-shaped, large, ripening in July 

 and August. Flesh firm. A first-rate table fruit. Does best 

 as a standard. 



2 Bigarreau Napoleon, bigarreau Lauermann, Lauermann's 

 grosse Kirsche. Fruit large, pale yellow and red, obtuse, heart- 

 shaped. Flesh firm. A first rate dessert fruit. Does best on 

 a south wall. 



3 Bigarreau rouge. Fruit large, pale yellow and red, obtuse, 

 heart-shaped. Flesh firm. Hardly different from the bigar- 

 reau. A good dessert fruit. 



4 Guigne grosse noir luisante. Fruit middle-sized, blood- 

 coloured, obtuse, heart-shaped. Flesh firm. A second-rate 

 dessert fruit, ripening in the beginning of July. Does well as 

 a standard ; the branches are pendulous. A good bearer. 



5 Black Tartarian, Tartarian, Fraser's black, Fraser's Tar- 

 tarian, Fraser's black hear!, Ronald's black heart, Circassian, 

 black Russian. Fruit blood-coloured, large, obtuse, heart- 

 shaped. Flesh half tender. A first-rate table fruit, ripening 

 about the ,end of June. In appearance it is the finest. Does 

 best against a wall. 



6 White Tartarian, Fraser's mliite Tartarian, Fraser's white 

 transparent. Fruit middle-sized, pale yellow, obtuse, heart- 

 shaped. Flesh half tender. A second-rate dessert fruit, ripen- 

 ing beginning of July. Does well as a standard. 



7 Bigarreau noir, cerise de Norrvege, Lois, in Duham. ed. 

 nov. 5. p. 17. no. 36. t. 18. f. B. 



8 Bigarreau noir tardif, Lois, in Duham. ed. nov. p. 17. no. 

 27. t. 18. f. A. 



Far. y, mamillaris (Ser. mss.) fruit ovate, ending in a drop- 

 like process at end, with the suture more profound at the base. 

 To this variety belong the following sorts of cherries : 



1 Four to the pound, bigarreau a grandes feuilles (Nois. jard. 

 fr. p. 1 7. no. 6.), cerisicr de ifi/atrc a la livre, guigne a feuilles de 

 tabac, Priinus macrophylla (Poir. suppl. 5. p. 584.), Cerasus 

 nicotiancefblia (Hortul.), Cerasus decwnana (Delauny). Leaves 

 large. Fruit middle-sized, heart-shaped. Flesh firm. A 

 worthless fruit, ripening about the end of July. 



2 Gascoigne's heart, red heart of some, bleeding heart, Ilt-re- 

 fardshire heart, guigne rouge hdtive. Fruit middle-sized, dark 



red, heart-shaped, the apex terminating in the form of a drop. 

 Flesh half tender. A second-rate fruit, ripening in July. 



3 Bigarreau piquant, guigne piquantc, guigne a piquet, Lois. 

 in Duham. ed. nov. 5. p. 13. no. 12. t. 10. f. A. 



Hard or Bigarreau Cherry. Fl. April, May. Tr. 10 to 20 ft. 



4 C. JULIA'NA (D. C. FIG. 64. 

 fl. fr. 4. p. 482.) branches 



ascending when young, 

 but when in an adult state 

 hardly spreading; flowers 

 rising with the leaves ; 

 fruit ovate, depressed, 

 heart-formed ; flesh of 

 fruit sweet, rather soft, 

 epicarp adhering to the 

 flesh ; leaves glabrous. 

 J? . H. Native of Eu- 

 rope. The varieties of 

 this species of cherry are commonly called guigniers, geans, or 

 heaumiers. The sorts are as follow : 



1 Black eagle. Fruit middle-sized, black, obtuse, heart- 

 shaped ; flesh tender. A first-rate dessert fruit, ripening begin- 

 ning of July. A good bearer. Does either as a standard or 

 wall tree. 



2 Boniyer's early heart. Fruit obtuse, heart-shaped, middle- 

 sized. Flesh tender. A good bearer and excellent middle- 

 sized cherry, ripening about the end of June. 



3 Amber gean. Fruit pale red, obtuse, heart-shaped, small. 

 Flesh tender. A first-rate table fruit, ripening end of July. 

 Does well as a standard. An abundant bearer. 



4 Black gea/i. Useless fruit. 



5 Black caroon gean. 



6 Early gean. 



7 Flemish gean. Fruit small, red, obtuse, heart-shaped. Flesh 

 half tender. A second-rate dessert fruit, ripening end of July. 

 Does well as a standard. 



8 Hungarian gean. Fruit middle-sized, amber-coloured, ob- 

 tuse, heart-shaped. Flesh half tender. A second-rate dessert 

 fruit, ripening in July. Does best as a standard. 



9 Black Hungarian gean. Fruit middle-sized, black, round. 

 Flesh tender. A second-rate dessert fruit, ripening in July. 



10 White Hungarian gean. Fruit middle-sized, amber-co- 

 loured, obtuse, heart-shaped. Flesh tender, transparent. A 

 second-rate dessert-fruit, ripening in July. Does best as a 

 standard. 



1 1 Late gean. Fruit black, heart-shaped, small. A worth- 

 less fruit, ripening about the end of July. 



12 Large black gean. Fruit black, middle-sized, heart- 

 shaped. Flesh firm. A worthless kind, ripening end of July. 



13 Lundie gean. Fruit black, heart-shaped, middle-sized. 



