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THE BLACK EAGLE CHERRY. 



Black Eagle. Hort. Trans, vol. ii. 138, Jig. 9. p. 208, 302 ; 

 vol. Hi. p. 212. 



As good a bearer as the Black Heart upon an 

 open standard, and far superior to that variety in 

 the quality of its fruit : it is not to be doubted that 

 this will one day usurp the place of that ancient 

 variety in our Gardens. 



It was raised by Mr. Knight from a seed of the 

 Ambree of Duhamel, impregnated with the pollen 

 of the May Duke ; and it really combines all that 

 is most worth raising in both those varieties. At 

 least such is the account of its origin as given in 

 the Horticultural Transactions, vol. ii. p. 208, and 

 it is probably the genuine history of the variety, 

 notwithstanding a different account to be found at 

 p. 302 of the same volume. 



This is another of the Cherries raised by Mr. 

 Knight, which have been allowed an introduction 

 into this work ; and it is not too much to say, that 

 the improved varieties of the distinguished Horti- 

 culturist, to whom they owe their origin, are among 

 the most valuable sorts that we possess. 



Ripens soon after the May Duke. 



Tree spreading; branches strong, dark brown, 

 partially sprinkled with a grayish epidermis. 



Leaves oblong, acuminate, broadest about two- 



