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THE LATE DUKE CHERRY. 



Cerise Angloise tardive. Hort. Soc. Fruit Cat. p. 22. 



Though this Cherry is only known to us through 

 the French gardeners, yet its name is evidence of 

 its English origin. We have not, however, been 

 able to discover it in cultivation in any of our own 

 gardens, except that of the Horticultural Society, 

 where the drawing was made, in the present year, 

 from fruit produced on a tree received from M. Vil- 

 morin of Paris. 



Our old writers of authority, Switzer and Hill, 

 mention a Late May Duke, or Late Duke Cherry, 

 which is probably the one before us ; but these 

 names, although now to be found in the nurseries, 

 are certainly there applied to trees in no respect 

 different from the original May Duke. We have 

 consequently given the name of Late Duke to the 

 present variety, as being perfectly appropriate. 



The fruit ripens on a standard, in August ; and, 

 independently of its value from the period of its 

 maturity, is of considerable excellence, on account 

 of its appearance, size, flavour, and productiveness. 



The BRANCHES are of vigorous growth, but 

 more spreading than those of the May Duke 

 Cherry, and the leaves are larger. 



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