MOST GENERALLY ESTEEMED. 



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Kentish, 

 Virginian May, 

 Common Ked, 



EARLY RICHMOND. 



Sussex, I Montmorency a longue queue, 



Pie Cherry, Commune, 



Kentish Ked, | Muscat de Prague. 



An old European sort, but extensively grown in this country, under the 

 name we have adopted. It is probably the true 

 Kentish ; but under that name it becomes so often 

 confounded with the common Sour Pie-Cherry, of 

 our country, that we have preferred to continue it 

 here, under the name it is best known in this country. 

 The tree belongs to the Morel lo class ; grows about 

 twenty feet high, with a roundish spreading head ; 

 very productive, ripening its fruit in May, but, in 

 dry seasons, holding it until July. It is indispensa- 

 ble to every garden ; and for market, coming as it 

 does so early, is very profitable. It is remarkable 

 for the corolla remaining on the stalk, and for the 

 tenacity with which the stone adheres thereto. 



Fruity of medium size, borne in pairs, round, bright 

 red, becoming darker as it hangs on the tree a long 

 time : flesh, of a reddish cast, juicy, very tender, 

 sprightly, rich acid flavor ; stem, usually short, say. 

 one and a quarter inch, set in deep, round, basin, 

 Twenty-sixth May to first of July. 



GOVERNOR WOOD. 



Raised by Prof. Kirtland, 1842, and named in 

 honor of Reuben Wood, late Governor of Ohio. 



The tree is a vigorous, healthy grower, forming 

 a rounded, regular head ; very productive while 

 young : flowers large. 



Fruit, of the largest size, roundish heart shape ; 

 color, rich, light yellow, mottled or marbled with a 

 beautiful carmine flush ; grown fully exposed to the 

 sun, it becomes a clear, rich red : suture, half round, 

 followed on opposite side by a dark line ; flesh, light, 

 pale yellow, with radiating lines, transverse, acu- 

 minate, half tender, juicy, sweet, and fine, rich, 

 high flavor ; pit, roundish ovate, considerably ribbed ; 

 stem, varying in length and size. Middle of June. 



In even small collections, this variety should al- 

 ways have a place. 



GREAT BIGARREAU. 

 Large Prool ? 



Foreign. Its direct origin in obscurity ; first introduced to notice by that 

 eminent writer, A. J. Downing, when editing the Horticulturist, in 1851. 

 Trees, extremely vigorous, with large and long foliage, and producing 



