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THE CHERRY. 



it pretty liberally in shape of buds and grafts. 

 It has now been fruited extensively, and we 

 feel confident, while recommending this, that 

 other varieties of the same origin will be 

 equally successful. The tree wants good cul- 

 ture, and its period of maturity is materially 

 altered both by soil and culture, while its char- 

 acter appears unchanged. Valuable, either 

 for private or market gardens. 



Fruit, large, round, obtuse heart shape, 

 surface generally slightly uneven, and always 

 with a knobby or swollen projection on one 

 side ; color, clear brilliant deep red, shaded 

 and mottled on a pale amber yellow, with 

 occasional carmine spots ; flesh, yellowish white, 

 radiating lines irregular, a yellow tinge around 

 the pit, firm, juicy, sweet, with a rich, delicious 

 flavor ; pit, oval, regular and without ridges ; 

 stem, usually of medium length one, to one- 

 and-a-half inches. Season, 20th to last of June. 



RED JACKET. 



Raised by Prof. Kirtland in 1842. The 

 original tree has always stood in ground uncul- 

 tivated ; yet its fruit, from lateness of ripening, 

 size and quality, renders it most desirable, and 

 especially for market culture, as it is very pro- 

 ductive. The tree forms a head similar to the 

 Black Hazard, not quite as erect. 



Fruit, large, regular, long obtuse heart 

 shape ; color, fine, clear, light red, when grown 

 in the sun, but of an amber color, overspread 

 with pale red, and often a yellow russet patch, 

 when grown in the shade ; flesh, with radiating 

 lines distinct, half tender, juicy, of good, not 

 high flavor ; gathered before ripe, it is a little 

 bitter ; pit, medium ; stem, rather long and 

 slender, set in an open, moderately deep basin. 

 Season, middle of July. 



SHANNON. 



This is a Morello raised by Prof. Kirtland in 1829; first de- 

 scribed in 1849. Named in respect to Wilson Shannon, once gov- 



