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MARY. 



Eaised by B. B. Kirtland. Greenbush, N. Y., and noted in the Horti- 

 culturist as similar to Christiana. 



MANNING'S MOTTLED. 



Mottled Bigarreau. 



Raised by Mr. Manning, Salem, Mass. Tree, vigorous, spreading, very 

 productive. Fruit, large, roundish heart shape ; suture, half round, dis- 



stem, in a broad hollow. Season, last of June. 

 MADISON. 



Madison Bigarreau. 



Raised by Mr. Manning. Tree, healthy, moderate grower, tolerably 

 productive. Fruit, medium ; color, red, marbled on light yellow ; flesh, 

 half tender, juicy, sprightly very agreeable ; pit, small, oval ; stem, slender. 

 Season, last June. 



MAY DUKE. 



Early Duke, 

 Large. May Duke, 

 Morris Duke, 

 Morris' Early Duke, 

 Benham's Fine Early Duke, 

 Thompson's Duke, 

 Portugal Duke, 



Buchanan's Early Duke, 



Millett's Late Heart Duke, 



Royal Hative, 



Cerise Guigne, 



Coularde, 



De Holland, 



D'Espagne. 



From France. Tree, hardy, upright growth. It produces freely, but 

 ripens so irregularly that we have entirely discarded it : from young trees 

 one can rarely gather a pint of ripe fruit at any one time. The Holman's 

 Duke, Jeffrey's Duke, Late Duke of most gardens, Royal Duke, and Le- 

 mercier, a new vaiety from France, are all so similar to May Duke that 

 one description will suit all. They are only sub-varieties, and the Late 

 Duke probably obtained by propagating from late ripening branches 

 of May Duke. Fruit, roundish obtuse heart shape ; red at first, becoming, 

 when fully ripe, a dark purplish red ; flesh, reddish, tender, juicy, sub-acid. 

 Season, last of May to last of June. 



LlNDLEY. 



Raised by -Prof. Kirtland from seeds given him by Mr. M. Lindley, of 

 Euclid, 0. Tree, vigorous, moderately prolific. Fruit, large, heart shape, 

 surface uneven ; dark purplish red ; flesh, almost firm, tinged with red, 

 juicy, but deficient in richness of flavor. Season, first of July. 



LEATHER STOCKING. 



- Raised by Prof. Kirtland in 1842 ; gravelly soil. Tree, vigorous, hardy, 

 moderately productive. Fruit, medium to large, heart shape, often ob- 



