62 CHERRIES, 



BUTTNER'S BLACK HEART. Larger thun the common 

 Black Heart ; heart-shaped, &nd flattened on one side. 

 Skin glossy, deep blackish-purple. Stalk an inch and a 

 half long. Flesh halt' tender, juicy, dark red, and with 

 a particularly pleasant flavour. A superior variety to 

 the common Black Heart. Eipe in the middle of July. 



BUTTNER'S OCTOBER MORELLO. Large, round, and 

 somewhat oblate, and indented at the apex. Skin thin, 

 and of a reddish-brown colour. Stalk slender, two inches 

 long. Flesh light red, reticulated with whitish veins, 

 juicy, and with a pleasant sub-acid flavour. This is an 

 excellent culinary cherry, and ripens in October. 



BUTTNER'S YELLOW. About medium size, roundish- 

 ovate. Skin entirely yellow, becoming a pale-amber 

 colour when highly ripened. Stalk an inch and a half 

 long. Flesh firm, yellow, sweet, and very nicely flavoured. 

 The best yellow cherry there is. The birds do not touch 

 it. Middle of July, and hangs till the end of August. 



CARNATION (Nonvelle d' Angleterre ; De Villenne ; 

 Rouge pale ; Wax Cherry}. Large, round, and flattened, 

 inclining to oblate. Skin thin, light red at first, but 

 changing to a deeper colour as it hangs ; pale yellow, or 

 amber, where shaded. Stalk an inch and a half long f and 

 stout. Flesh pale yellow, rather firmer than in Dukes 

 generally, juicy, and with a fine, brisk, sub-acid flavour, 

 becoming richer the longer it hangs. Bipe in the end of 

 July and beginning of August. 



Cerise a Bouquet. See Cluster. 



Cherry Duke of Duhamel. See Jeffreys' DuTce. 



CLEVELAND BIGARREAU (Cleveland}. Large, obtuse 

 heart-shaped, sometimes with a swelling on one side near 

 the stalk. Skin pale yellow, with bright red next the 

 sun, and mottled with crimson. Stalk two inches long., 

 Flesh yellowish white, half tender, juicy, sweet, and 

 richly flavoured. Eipe the third or last week in June 

 and early in July. 



CLUSTER (Cerise a Bouquet; Bouquet Amarclle ; 

 Flanders Cherry}. Small, produced in a cluster of two, 

 three, four, or five together at the end of one common 

 stalk. Skin thin, at first of pale red, but changing to 

 darker red the longer it hangs. Flesh white, tender, and 

 juicy, very acid at first, but "becoming milder as it hangs 

 on the tree, Ripe- from the middle to tho end of July. 



