-7 .' ce: lsos : iMB. 
Belle de Choisu or Amine de Choisy. a variety which originated at Choisy 
in 1760. Its fruit is large, roundish-oblate, red. mottled with amber. 
and has a tender, sweet juicy pulp. It is a moderate bearer, and ripens its fruit 
_ ... ig to the middle of J u. 
j. Royal Duke R fah tardive, of the French. The general habit of this 
tree resembles that of the May Duke. It is a good bearer, and arrives at matu- 
rity from the middle to the end of July. It may be known by its .arge. oblate, 
dark-red fruit, with a rich, tender, juicy, reddish pulp. 
d. Kentish Cherry : Monimorenci a tongue queue, of the French. This 
variety : rms a round-headed tree, with somewhat slender, pendulous shoots, 
and regaided as a very productive bearer. It may be distinguished by its 
obla ght-red fruit, of a medium size, with a juicy, acid, whitish pulp, and 
arrives at maturity from the middle to the end of Ju. 
Flemish Cherry : Montmorenci a courte queue, of the French. This vari- 
ef v only differ- i the Kentish Cherry, in being more upright in its growth. 
and a less productive bear 
' ' ' erry ; C ' rf the French. This variety origi- 
nated on the Rhone, in 1750. It forms a dwarfish, weeping tree, and bears 
abundantly on the one-vear-old wood. It is distinguished bv its globose, dark- 
red fruit, of a medium ~ith a sub-acid, claret-coloured pulp, and ripens 
about the end of Ju 
r t . L/r I j . Anglaise tardive, of the French. This variety is a great 
bearer, and may be known by its large, obtuse heart-shaped, dark-red fruit, with 
a rich, juicy, amber-coloured flesh, and is ripe in August. 
Morello or Milan Cherry forms a low tree, with a spreading, somewhat 
pendulous head- I: u most prolific in flowers and fruit, the latter ripening late 
in August or early in September, and. from not being so greedily eaten by birds, 
ainds. it hangs on t: - for a long time. It is distinguished by 
its large, obtuse heart-shaped, dark-red fruit, with an acid, juicy, purplish-red 
flesh, a its growing d wood- It is excellent for preserv- 
r bran 
The fire following varieties are particularized by Loudon, as being purely 
.amental : 
mi-doubU Common Cherry-tree. 
D - r vered Common Cherry-tree. "All the stamens 
. Loudon say are changed into petals: and the pistillum 
small i which occupy the centre of the flower. The flower is 
er and less beautiful than that of the double merisier ; but. as the tree does 
- and as it can be grown as a shrub, it is suitable for planting in 
situations w ;.nnot be introduced/' It is commonly grafted on the 
mahaleb. T. ^ in a physiological point of view 
it of its central green lea lustrating 
xrtrine of vegetable metamorp:. 
5 Peachrtlossomed Common Cherry-tree, with double. 
Th variety was known to Banhin and to Touraefbrt, 
*o be v re in collectk 
-tree. 
'Jor- 
. varietv is distinguishable by its droop- 
and g! red 'fruit. When grafted 
standa; . rry, (Cei rris,) ft forms a truly 
iesirable small tr - v in a lawn. It grows rapidly for eight or 
