260 WESTERN FRUIT BOOK. 



DOCTOE. Color, light yellow and red ; form, round- 

 ish, heart-shaped, Avith a suture extending all around ; size, 

 2; use, table ; quality, 1 ; flesh, juicy, tender, sweet, with 

 a delicious flavor ; season, June. 



Eemarks. — One of Professor Kirtland's. IsTot very 

 vigorous, but all his seedling cherries are of a healthy 

 habit. Bearing too great crops, although a fault on the 

 right side. 



Downer's Late. Color, bright lively red, mottled am- 

 ber in shade; form, round, heart-shaped, slightly com- 

 j^ressed on one side , size, 1 ; use, table ; quality, 2 ; flesh, 

 tender, delicious, and sweet when fully ripe ; season, June 

 and July. 



Eemarks. — Tree vigorous, hardy, prolific and healthy. 

 Eecommended hy Buchanan, Ernst and Warder for the 

 vicinity of Cincinnati. 



Downing's Eed Cheek. Color, yellowish white; form, 

 obtuse, heart-shaped ; size, 2 to 1 ; use, table ; quality, 2 ; 

 flesh, half tender, and delicately sweet; season, July and 

 August. 



Early Purple Guigne. Form, roundish heart-shaped, 

 indenture at point; use, table; quality, 1; flesh, juicy, 

 rich, sweet, and excellent; season. May and June. 



Eemarks. — By some called German May Duke. Only 

 moderately productive when young. It is very early, and 

 delicious. It is highly deserving of cultivation, being the 

 earliest yet know^n ; more so, even, than the Ma^^ Duke, 

 and Early May, with the same advantages of situation 

 and soil. The May Duke is quite green, and the Early 

 May is hardly ripe, when the Early Guigne is in full per- 

 fection. It is nearly two weeks earlier than the May 

 Duke, and fully equal to it in quality. The Early May 



