- V. CHERRIES. 



The columns explain 1. The prevailing colour of the fruit ; 2. Its 

 form ; 3. Its usual size ; 4. Whether the variety is adapted for 

 cultivation as a standard or requires a wall ; 5. The use to 

 which it is most commonly applied ; 6. The Quality ; 7. The 

 character of the flesh ; 8. The usual period of ripening. The 

 abbreviations employed are as follow; 



1. Prevailing colour. 

 amber coloured. 



d. dark ; p. pale ; bl. blackish ; y. yellow ; r. red ; amb. 



2. Form, heart, heart-shaped; obt. heart, obtuse heart-shaped ; round, roundish; 

 long, heart, longish heart-shaped. 



3. Usual size. 1. Large; 2. Middle-sized ; 3. Small. 



4. Situation. W. Wall ; St. Standard. 



5. Use. T. Table ; K. Kitchen. 



6. Quality. 1. Good; 2. Middling; 3. Indifferent or bad. 



7. Flesh. Half- tend, half-tender. 



8. Season or period of ripening . b. beginning; m. middle; e. end of the months to 

 which these are prefixed. 



