THE MAGAZINE 



OF 



HORTICULTURE 



JUNE, 1843. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Art. I. The London Horticultural Society's Catalogue of 

 Fruits. 3d Editio7i. With notices of all the principal 

 varieties enumerated since the 2d Edition, and other Re- 

 marks. By the Editor. 



Cherries. 



The earlier period at which cherries come into bearing, 

 compared with pears and phims, has enabled the Society to 

 make great progress in tlie nomenclature of this class. 

 In the 1st Edition of 1826, two hundred and forty-six 

 varieties are enumerated ; in the 2d of 1831, two hundred 

 and nineteen ; and in the 3d for 1842, less than one hundred 

 and fifty. The whole number of varieties proved in the 

 2d Edition was seventy-eight ; in the 3d, only ninety-eight. 

 After deducting thirty-seven which are of inferior quality, 

 and unworthy of cultivation, or have proved false, and no 

 longer cultivated in the garden, only sixty-one varieties 

 remain whose characters have been sufficiently ascertained 

 to recommend them to general cultivation. A careful 

 notice of the synonyms, as they are arranged below, will 

 show to what extent the confusion has existed among cher- 

 ries. The May Duke has no less than twenty-one syno- 

 nyms; the black Tartarian, thirteen ; the Bigarreau, thir- 

 teen ; and many other kinds from five to ten each. Mr. 

 Manning, aware of the confusion among cherries, attempt- 

 ed to correct some of the errors, and the last paper which 

 he communicated to our pages, previous to his death, was 

 the description of 44 sorts, (Vol. VIII. p. 283,) which he 

 had proved in his Pomological Garden at Salem. Anxious 



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