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trees will be more fully in fruit, we shall be enabled to iden- 

 tify many sorts ; for the present, we annex the descriptions 

 and engravings of three late varieties, each of which are but 

 very little known to cultivators. 



1. Late Duke. Pomological Magazine, pi. 45. 



Anglaise Tardive, Hort. Soc. Catalogue, 1842. 



The origin of this fine cherry is unknown ; it was first re- 

 ceived from M. Vilmorin, of Paris, by the London Horti- 

 cultural Society, and though, from one of its names, Anglaise 

 Tardive, it would seem to be of English origin, no trace of 

 it has been discovered in English collections. The Pom,. Mag. 

 states that Switzer and Hill, old writers, mention a late May 

 Duke, but it is doubtful whether it could be referred to this 

 variety. 



Lindley, in his description of the Late Duke, observes that 

 it has great affinity to the Arch Duke, and Thompson, in his 

 Synopsis in the Transactions of the London Hort. Soc, (vol. 

 vii. p. 276,) says that the " Arch Duke may not be found to be 

 diflerent when obtained correct, but that 

 hitherto the May Duke has been received 

 for it." There is no doubt, however, 

 that the Arch Duke is a different fruit, 

 as we shall soon show, and that the true 

 variety had not come under Mr. Thomp- 

 son's observation at that time. 



The Late Duke {fig. 33.) is a val- 

 uable cherry, ripening very late, of large 

 size, an abundant bearer, and resembling 

 the May Duke in quality, though rather 

 more acid ; our tree, though small, was 

 covered with fruit, and, but for the birds, 

 we should have gathered a fine crop ; 

 by netting over some of the branches, 

 we succeeded in obtaining some fine 

 specimens, from which our drawing is 



made. -^'^•23. Late Duke 



• Clierry. 



i^ rmt, large, one and an eighth of an inch in diameter, round- 

 ish heart shape, with a slight suture on one side : Skin, rich deep 



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