CHERRIES. 



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Ripe in June before any of the Dukes. 



The wood of this sort is very slender and wiry, with small 

 shining leaves. Its "only merit is that of ripening before 

 any other. It requires a south or south-east wall, being too 

 tender for an open standard. 



6. HOLMAN'S DUKE. Langley,t. 17. f. 1. 



Fruit round, flattened at both ends, of a very deep red ; 

 and when highly ripened in the sun, it is almost black. Flesh 

 very melting, juicy, and of a most excellent flavour. 



Ripe the middle and end of August. 



The Holman's Duke is a very distinct variety of the 

 Duke, and cannot well be confounded with any other. Its 

 shoots are short, erect, straight, short-jointed, and more 

 slender than any of the other varieties ; and when the May 

 Duke is fully ripe, the fruit of this is quite green, and ripen- 

 ing at least a month later in all situations. It is one of our 

 most hardy sorts, and when planted against a north, wall 

 is highly valuable ; not only as affording a most certain 

 crop, but as prolonging the season of the Duke to a late pe- 

 riod, and as a connecting link between all the rest and the 

 Morello. 



7. JEFFREY'S ROYAL. G. Lindl. Plan of an Orchard, 

 1796. 



Royale. Duhamel, 20, t. 15. 



Cherry Duke. Ib. 



Fruit round, nearly as large as a May Duke, a little hol- 

 lowed at the base, in clusters, some of which have four cher- 

 ries on a common peduncle. Stalk an inch from the fork, 

 and a quarter of an inch above it. Skin of a fine deep red, 

 which becomes almost black when fully ripe. Flesh pale 

 red, firm, succulent. Juice plentiful, rich, and high fla- 

 voured. 



Ripe the middle and end of July.- 



This cherry was introduced into notice about fifty years 

 ago by a Mr. Jeffrey, a nurseryman at Brompton Park. The 

 tree is the most compact grower of all the sorts in our col- 

 lections, its branches seldom shooting more than six or nine 

 inches in a year : the buds are so close together, and the 

 spurs so numerous and crowded, that the fruit forms most 

 dense bunches. It can scarcely be propagated otherwise 

 than by budding. 



8. KENTISH. Miller, No. 1- 

 Flemish. Langley, t. 18. f. 1. 



Fruit middle-sized, round, flattened at both ends. Stalk 



