76 FRUIT-GARDENING. 



shaped ; skin cream-color, stained and marbled with red dots ; 

 a delicious cherry early in July. 



Early Purple Guigne, Early Pur^ple Griotte. An early 

 variety ripening towards the end of May, newly introduced 

 from England. Fruit of medium size ; skin dark red and 

 purple ; flesh purple, tender, juicy, and delicious. 



Manning's Mottled, Mottled Blgarreau. A beautiful heart 

 cherry, raised by Mr. Manning from a seed of the Bigarreau ; 

 fruit above medium size, roundish heart-shaped ; skin glossy 

 amber color, mottled with red ; flesh, when fully ripe, yellow 

 and tender, with a delicious juice : ripens late in June. 



Transparent Guigne, Transparent Gean, Transparent. 

 Fruit small, borne in pairs, and heart-shaped ; skin glossy, thin, 

 and nearly transparent ; color yellowish white, delicately mot- 

 tled with fine red; flesh tender, melting, and sweet: ripe early 

 in July. 



CHESTNUT. 



Chataigner. Castanea. 

 The Chestnut is well known as a large tree, spreading its 

 branches finely where it has room ; but planted closely, will 

 shoot up straight to a great height. It is supposed to have 

 been originally from Sardis. It is so common as to be con- 

 sidered a native of France and Italy, and some consider it as 

 naturalized in England. It is also indigenous in America. 

 The London catalogues contain the names of thirty-two sorts 

 under cultivation. The Chestnut is, like the Walnut, both a 

 timber and fruit-tree. Some of the oldest trees in the world 

 are of this species. The American Chestnut diff'ers so little 

 from the European, that no specific distinction can be drawn. 

 It is one of the largest trees of the forest, the wood being 

 extremely durable, and in high esteem for posts and rails to 



