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Trees, very vigorous, with broad leaf and bark of peculiar gray color, pro- 

 ducing fine large fruit while young, but as they grow older, unless very 

 highly cultivated, the fruit diminishes to nearly the size of the old Black 

 Heart. Its period of late ripening has heretofore kept it favorably before 

 horticulturists, but we now think it must give way to later and better 

 varieties. Fruit, large, heart shape, uneven surface, purplish black; 

 flesh, firm, purple, moderately juicy ; pit, large ; stem, short. Middle of 

 July. 



ENGLISH AMBER. 



This is, undoubtedly, an old variety, but we have as yet been unable to 

 identify it with any described variety. The tree is of vigorous, strong 

 growth, forming a rounded pyramidal head, and very productive. 



Fruit, medium size, rounaish heart shape, very regular, borne in threes ; 

 color, delicate amber, beautifully mottled with pale red ; flesh, whitish 

 yellow, half tender, delicate, juicy, and very sweet ; pit, medium ; stem, 

 long. Middle to last of June. 



ELIZABETH. 



Raised by Caleb Atwater, of Portage County, 0., in 1823. Original 

 soil, clay. Tree, vigorous, upright, pyramidal rounded ; very prolific. 



Fruit, medium to large, heart shape, flattened on sides ; color, rich dark 

 red, when fully ripe ; flesh, yellowish, slightly tinged with red, half ten- 

 der, juicy, pleasantly sweet ; pit, ovate rounded ; stem, medium, set in a 

 regular basin. Middle to last of June. 



FAVORITE. 

 Eliott's Favorite. 



Raised by Prof. Kirtland, in 1842; gravelly sou. 

 Tree, vigorous, half spreading, productive. 



Fruit, medium, round regular, slightly compressed ; 

 color, pale amber yellow, with a bright carmine red 

 cheek, mottled and marbled ; flesh, pale amber, trans- 

 lucent, delicate, juicy and sweet ; pit, small ; stem, 

 medium, inserted in an even basin. Last of June. 



T/his variety requires high cultivation, otherwise the 

 fruit is small and the flavor only good ; but, under 

 high cultivation, its sprightly high flavor is unsurpassed. 



GUIGNE NOIR LUISANTE. 



Black Spanish, 



Or bright black red, is a cherry of the Duke 01 near Morello class. 

 Tree, erect in habit, healthy, hardy, forming a pretty round head, regular, 

 moderate bearer. In 1823. it was cultivated in New Jersey, as Black 

 Spanish, and under that name brought to Ohio. Fruit, of medium size, 

 heart shape, globular; glossy blackish red; flesh, reddish purple, tender, 

 uicy, rich, acid ; pit, round ; stem, medium. Middle to last of July. 



