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cultural Society, in Boston, and has been every succeeding 

 year, as may be seen by a reference to the records in 

 " Hovey's Magazine." The fruit is small, and when ripe, 

 a light x'ed color ; it hangs long on the tree, is in eating 

 from 15th July to 5th August. Dm-ing its growth the 

 fruit is very small and ordinary, and when ripening is very 

 bitter, which, however, all passes away when fully ripe ; the 

 stone is very small." 



We may add to this that it possesses many of those excel- 

 lent qualities which few other cherries have ; it is one of the 

 latest sweet cherries, and, as Mr. Allen has stated, produces 

 good crops every year ; it is also scarcely ever injured by the 

 weather, which often cracks other varieties. One thing must 

 be peculiarly observed, that it should be allowed to hang on 

 the tree till fully colored and ripe, otherwise it has the bit- 

 ter quality mentioned by Mr. Allen. We annex the following 

 description : — 



Size, rather small, nearly round, slightly flattened at the 

 base, with a shallow suture on one side, and a distinctly in- 

 dented point at the end : Skin, deeply colored, at maturity, on 

 the sunny side, somewhat mottled and clouded, and of a pale 

 amber in the shade : Stem, rather slender, about three quar- 

 ters of an inch long, inserted in a small, shallow, ronnd hol- 

 low : Flesh, yellowish, rich, melting, sweet, and vinous : 

 Stone, small. The fruit is borne in pairs, as represented in 

 the engraving. 



In 1841, when Mr. Allen first exhibited this cherry, we had 

 the pleasure, by his invitation, of tasting the fruit. We im- 

 mediately saw its very superior quality, and applied to Mr. 

 Allen for a few buds, which he kindly gave us, and which, 

 with the exception of a few given to Mr. Manning, were the 

 first cut from the original tree. From the produce of these 

 few buds other trees have been propagated, and during the 

 last three years we have highly recommended this variety, and 

 disseminated many trees, and it is now to be found in many 

 of the good collections of fruit in the vicinity of Boston. 



The tree has a very handsome, rather upright, habit, with 

 strong shoots, a smooth, clean stem, and medium sized dull 

 green wavy foliage. 



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