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luvian cherry of the London Horticultural Society ; 

 the real ' Cerasum Ponticum ' of the ancients, one 

 of the lost fruits of the Golden Age, four of which 

 are said to weigh a pound; but they will surpass 

 every expectation you may have formed. Trees 

 that are to produce those wonderful cherries, are 

 now propagated with great care and earnestness in 

 the Society's gardens at Turnham Green. 



But alas ! since I first wrote the preceding para- 

 graph, in the first edition of this work, I have 

 learnt, to my regret, that this said cherry is nearly 

 all stone, and that the stone of it is much heavier 

 and larger than that of an apricot. It is a monstrous 

 production of the kind, it must be allowed, but it is 

 not worth cultivating ; for it has not one good quality 

 to recommend it, neither flesh, flavour, nor juiciness. 

 Let it be restored forthwith to the wilderness ; and 

 let the skilful gardener continue to bud and graft 

 from the May-duke, the black-heart, the bleeding- 

 heart, bigarreau, carnation, morello, black eagle, 

 Waterloo, Montmorency, c. &c. 



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