LATE DUKE 



LUTOVKA 



147 



suture shallow ; apex flattened or depressed ; color dark 

 red ; dots numerous, small, somewhat conspicuous ; stem 

 thick, 1 inch long, adhering- to the fruit ; skin thick, 

 separating from the pulp ; flesh white, showing distinctly 

 the fibers in the pulp, with abundant colorless juice, 

 tender and melting, sprightly, pleasantly flavored, tart ; 

 of very good quality ; stone free, round, plump, with 

 smooth surfaces, tinged with red. 



LATE DUKE. Fig. 130. P. aviumXP- 

 Cerasus. Late Duke is a variant of the well- 

 known May Duke, ripening from two weeks 

 to a month later. The size, color, flavor, and 

 season of the fruit all 

 commend it, as do the 

 vigor, health, and fruit- 

 fulness of the trees. 

 The cherries are not 

 quite so sweet as those 

 of May Duke, a little 

 more marbled in color 

 of skin, and ripen 

 through a longer sea- 

 son. The trees are 

 readily distinguished 

 from those of the 

 earlier Duke, being 

 more open and spread- 

 ing, scanter of foliage, 

 with more slender 

 branches and fruit more 

 thickly clustered along 

 the branchlets. Ripen- 

 ing its crop in a season 

 when hybrid varieties 

 are gone or rapidly 

 going, Late Duke is a 

 valuable acquisition in 

 the home orchard and 

 for nearby markets to 

 which tender-fleshed 

 varieties can be sent. 



130. Late Duke. 

 (XD 



Planted on a northern slope, against a north- 

 ern wall, or where it is in any way shaded, 

 or in a cool soil, the delicious cherries from 

 this variety can be had until August. The 

 tree is hardy and its blossoming-time is late, 

 so the variety is well adapted to northern 

 latitudes. Late Duke has been cultivated in 

 Europe for more than a century, and has been 

 in America nearly that length of time. 



Tree vigorous, upright-spreading, open-topped, produc- 

 tive. Leaves numerous, 3 inches long, 1% inches wide, 

 obovate, thick ; margin doubly crenate, with small, dark 

 glands ; petiole 1 inch long, glandless or with 1 or 2 

 small, reniform, greenish glands. Flowers late, white, 

 1 inch across ; borne in numerous, dense clusters, in twos, 

 threes and fours. Fruit very late ; 1 inch in diameter, 

 blunt-cordate, compressed ; cavity wide ; suture shallow ; 

 color dark red ; stem slender, 1 % to 2 inches long, 

 deeply inserted ; flesh amber-colored, with abundant juice, 

 tender, rich, sprightly subacid ; stone semi-clinging, me- 

 dium to large, round-ovate, compressed. 



LATE KENTISH. P. Cerasus. Kentish 

 Red. Pie Cherry. Kentish. This old cherry 

 served well the needs of Americans in colonial 

 times, when all cherries were grown from pits 

 or suckers. Although but a little improvement 

 on the wild cherry, the trees were so hardy, 

 vigorous, healthy, and productive, that any 

 one who had a bit of spare land could have 

 cherries. This, therefore, became preeminently 

 the "pie cherry" of New England and the 



North Atlantic states. The trees are long- 

 lived, and even so late as a generation ago 

 Downing says that this variety is "better 

 known among us than any other acid cherry, 

 especially abundant on the Hudson and near 

 New York." The variety is never planted 

 now, having long since been superseded by 

 better sorts, but it is still to be found as old 

 trees or self-sown near where a tree of the 

 variety formerly stood. Late Kentish is a 

 seedling sort belonging to America, having 

 been planted along fences and roadsides in 

 the earliest times. The following description 

 is a compilation: 



Tree small, bears annually, very productive, hardy 

 Fruit matures about 2 weeks after Early Richmond ; 

 medium or below in size, round, flattened ; stem 1-2 % 

 inches in length, stout, straight ; color deep, lively red ; 

 flesh light colored, with abundant colorless juice, very- 

 tender, sour, remaining quite acid even when fully ripe : 

 stone does not adhere to the stalk. 



LOUIS PHILIPPE. Fig. 131. P. avium 

 XP. Cerasus. If the descriptions of this va- 

 riety and Olivet be compared, it will be found 

 that the two cher- 

 ries are nearly 

 identical. They 

 differ only in sea- 

 son of ripening and 

 in minor tree-char- 

 acters, this cherry 

 having in the tree 

 more the aspect of 

 a Morello than has 

 Olivet. The value 

 of the two varieties 

 t o cherry-growers 

 is the same and is 

 indicated in the 

 discussion of Oli- 

 vet. Elliott, the 

 American pomolo- 

 gist, imported 

 Louis Philippe 

 from France in 

 1846 ; but the 

 cherry does not 

 seem to have been 

 known at that time 

 in Europe, and it 

 is possible that 

 Elliott gave it its 

 name. 



131. Louis Philippe 

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Tree vigorous, upright-spreading, open-topped. Leaves 

 numerous, 4% inches long, 2% inches wide, obovate, 

 thick, leathery ; margin finely serrate, with reddish- 

 brown glands ; petiole 1 inch long, with 1 or 2 large, 

 globose, yellowish-red glands. Flowers 1^4 inches across, 

 white, well distributed, mostly in threes. Fruit mid- 

 season or later ; 1 inch in diameter, round-ovate ; cavity 

 abrupt ; suture very shallow to a mere line ; apex flat- 

 tened, depressed ; color very dark red ; dots numerous, 

 unusually small, obscure; stem 1^4-1% inches long, 

 adhering to the fruit ; flesh light red, with much wine- 

 colored juice, fine-grained, tender and melting, sour at 

 first, becoming pleasantly tart at full maturity ; good 

 in quality ; stone separates readily from the flesh, small, 

 round-ovate, plump. 



LUTOVKA. P. Cerasus. Galopin. For a 

 time Lutovka and Galopin were listed as two 

 distinct varieties. Unquestionably they are 

 the same, despite a seeming difference in 



