48 CHEEEIES. 



Amarelle du Nord. See Ratafia. 



AMBER GEAN. Below medium size, generally in 

 triplets j obtuse heart-shaped. Skin thin and trans- 

 parent, pale yellow, or amber, tinged with delicate red. 

 Stalk slender, an inch and a half long. Flesh white, 

 tender, and juicy, with a rich, sweet, and delicious flavour. 

 Beginning of August. 



Amber Heart. See White Heart. 



Ambree. See Belle de Choisy. 



AMERICAN AMBER (Bloodgood's Amber; Bloodgood's 

 Honey}. Medium sized, growing in clusters; roundish, 

 inclining to heart-shaped. Skin thin and shining, clear 

 yellow, mottled with bright red. Stalk an inch and a 

 half long. Flesh amber coloured. Beginning of July. 



AMERICAN DOCTOR (The Doctor}. Medium sized, ob- 

 tuse heart-shaped. Skin clear yellow, washed with red. 

 Stalk an inch and a half long. Flesh yellowish white, 

 tender, juicy, sweet, and richly flavoured. End of June. 

 I have named this " American Doctor " to distinguish it 

 from the German " Doktorkirsche." 



Anglaise Tardive. See Late Duke. 



Angleterre Hative. See May Duke. 



Ansell's Fine Black. See Slack Heart. 



ARCHDUKE. Larger than May Duke, obtuse heart- 

 shaped, with a deeply-marked suture at the apex, diminish- 

 ing towards the stalk, and very slightly pitted at the apex. 

 Skin thin, pale red at first, but becoming dark red, and 

 ultimately almost black. Stalk very slender, an inch and 

 a half to two inches long. Flesh deep red, very tender 

 and juicy, sweet, and briskly flavoured ; but sugary when 

 highly ripened. Middle and end of July. Tree some- 

 what pendulous when old. 



D'Aremberg. See Heine Hortense. 



Armstrong's Bigarreau. See Bigarreau ae Hollande. 



Baramdam. See Paramdam. 



BAUM ANN'S MAY (Bigarreau de Mai; Trempee Pre- 

 coce}. Medium sized, ovate, inclining to cordate, and 

 irregular in its shape. Skin of a fine dark -red colour, 

 changing to deep, shining black. Stalk about two inches 

 long. Flesh purple, tender, juicy, and excellent. Ripe 

 the middle of June. 



