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July or beginning of August, which renders it tlie 

 more valuable, as it succeeds more early Cherries. 



7. Bleeding Heart; Gascoign's, Langley Pom, 

 LVJ, f, 4<, and 5, This is a very large Cherry, of 

 a long form, and dark colour ; it has a pleasant 

 taste, and ripens in the latter end of July. 



8. Harrison's Heart. This is a fine Cherry. 

 It was introduced from the East Indies, by Go- 

 vernor Harrison *, grandfather to the present Earl 

 of Leicester, and first cultivated at his seat of 

 Balls, in Hertfordshire. Some of the trees, I am 

 informed, he presented to George the First ; and 

 they are at this time in a flourishing state, bearing 

 fine fruit, in Kensington Gardens. This Cherry is 

 ripe in July and August. 



9. Black Heart. Langley Pom, t, 18. f, 5. 

 This is a fine Cherry, too well known to require 

 description. 



10. Morello ; Milan, hangley Pom. t. 16. 

 f,Q., Pom. Franc, 2. p. ^8. t.^. f,\. This is a 



very fine fruit when kept till the month of Octo- 

 ber, and makes a very great addition to the dessert 

 at that time of the year. This is the best Cherry 

 that we have for preserving, and for making 

 Cherry-brandy. 



* Governor Harrison went out Governor of Fort Saint 

 George in December lYlO, and returned home in 1719; and it 

 is probable that he brought this cherry home with him : if so, 

 some of these trees in Kensington Gardens must be upwards of 

 eighty years old. 



