CHERRIES. 107 



Bigarreautier a feuilles de Tabac. Bon. Jard. 1827. 

 p. 296. 



Cerisier de 4 a la livre. lb. 1825. p. 239. 



Four to the pound. Of some JVur series. 



Quatre a la livre. Hart. Trans. Vol. iv. p. 511, 



Fruit small, heart-shaped, of a pale transparent yellow co- 

 lour, with a faint stain of red on the exposed side. Flesh of 

 firm consistence, sweet and pleasant, but without any parti- 

 cular richness. Stalk long, and the stone large in proportion 

 to the size of the fruit. 



Ripe in August. 



The young branches, in the Nursery, are very strong, and 

 crooked ; and the leaves of the very largest size. 



How this Cherry should have obtained its name of four to 

 the pound, I am at a loss to conceive : its fruit is not half 

 the size of our Kentish Cherry, and not of one fiftieth part of 

 its value for any purpose whatever. Nurserymen will do 

 well to get rid of it altogether. 



28. White Heart. Langley^ t. 18. f. 4. 



Guignier a gros fruit blanc. JJuhamel, t. 1. f. 3. 



Fruit growing in pairs or threes, middle-sized, heart- 

 shaped, of a dull whitish yellow colour, tinged and mottled 

 with dull muddy red on the side next the sun. Stalk two 

 inches long, very slender, inserted in a hollow round basin. 

 Flesh melting, juicy, of a rich and pleasant flavour. 



Ripe the end of July and beginning of August. 

 The branches of this sort are slender, diverging, with a 

 reddish-brown epidermis. 



29. RemIxNgton Heart. 



This cherry was introduced in our nurseries by Mr. Re- 

 mington of Long-Island. It is the latest cherry we have, 

 the fruit ripening about the end of August, near a month 

 later than any European sort ; it is therefore valuable on 

 that account, and also as being of American origin, and a 

 fine cherry. Am. Ed. 



A Selection of Cherries for a Small Garden, 



