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able time in this country, I do not find it mentioned previ- 

 oasly to Ray, in 1688. 



11. Montmorency. Hort. Soc. Cat, No. 148. 

 Montmorency, a gros fruit. Duhamel, 10. t. 8. 

 Gros Gobet. Jb. 



Gobet a courte queue, lb. 



Cerise a courte queue, of the French, 



Cerise a courte queue de Provence. 76. 



Fruit large, round, very much flattened at both the base 

 and the apex, generally growing in pairs. Stalk stout and 

 stiff, an inch long, deeply inserted in a wide cavity. Skin 

 smooth, shining, of a beautiful soft but lively red colour. 

 Flesh firm, yellowish white. Juice plentiful, with a rich and 

 very agreeable rich acid. 



Ripe the midclie and end of July. 



The Montmorency cherry is but little cultivated at pre- 

 sent in this country, although very common throughout 

 Normandy, and other parts of France. 



12. MoRELLO. Laiigley^t. 16. f. 2. 

 Milan. lb. 



Cerise du Nord. JVois. Arb. fruit, p. 19. 



Fruit large, round, of a dark red colour, turning almost 

 i)lack when fully ripe. Flesh deep red or purple, tender, 

 juicy, and blended with an agreeable acid. 



Ripe in August and September. 



The Morello cherry, one of the most useful in our col- 

 lections, is mentioned by Parkinson in 1629, who says it is 

 so called from its juice being like that of the JVIorus or Mul- 

 berry.* 



I would strongly recommend the Morello cherry to be 

 planted against an east, south-east, or south wall, trained 

 thinly, the branchss at least six inches apart, not suffering 

 them to be overloaded with fruit ; which should be kept on 

 the trees till it is perfectly ripe, or beginning to shrivel. It 

 will then be found most excellent in the dessert. This is 

 not the Cerisitr tres-fertile of Duhamel, nor do I find it in his 

 collection. M. Noisette says he brought it to Paris from 

 Brabant in 1807. 



Waterloo. Hort. Trans. Vol. ii. p. 302. t. 21. 



Fruit large, somewhat round, hollow at the base, mostlj 



* The Cherry commonly cultivated here as the Morello, appears to be different 

 from this sort, and is probably a seedling variety of the Flemish Cherry. Tha 

 English Morello is a larger and much finer sort, and is not common in our gar- 

 A&aa as it ought to be. Am. Ed. 



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