CHEBBIES. 53 



COE'S LATE CASSATION. Medium sized, roundish. 

 Skin reddish yellow, clouded and mottled with bright 

 red. Stalk two inches long. Flesh tender, juicy, with 

 a brisk sub-acid flavour, becoming mellowed the longer it 

 hangs. Eipe from the middle to the end of August, and 

 continues to hang till September. 



Cceur de Pigeon. See Monstrous Heart. 

 Common Eed. See Kentish. 



COEONE (Belchers Black ; Black Bud of Buckingham- 

 shire ; Black Corone; Black Orleans; Herefordshire 

 Black). Small, roundish-heart-shaped. Skin deep black- 

 ish-purple. Stalk two inches long, inserted in a deep, 

 narrow cavity. Flesh dark purple, very firm, juicy, and 

 sweet. Ripe in the end of July and beginning of August. 



Dauphine. See Belle de Choisy. 



DELICATE. Large, roundish, and flattened. Skin thin 

 and translucent, fine rich amber coloured, quite covered 

 with mottling of crimson. Stalk two inches long. Flesh 

 pale yellow, translucent, tender, juicy, sweet, and with a 

 rich, delicious flavour. A very excellent cherry. Ripe in 

 the middle of July. 



Doctor. See American Doctor. 

 Donna Maria. See Royal DuJce. 

 Double Glass. See Great Cornelian. 



DOUBLE NATTE. Eather large, roundish, a little com- 

 pressed, and inclining to ovate. Skin dark brown, or 

 brownish black. Stalk slender, sometimes nearly three 

 inches long, and bearing leaves. Flesh very red, tender, 

 and very juicy, with a brisk, sprightly acidity. Eipe in 

 the beginning and middle of July. 



Doucette. See Belle de Choisy. 



DOWNEE*S LATE. Fruit produced in large bunches,, 

 medium sized, obtuse heart-shaped. Skin of a delicate 

 clear red on the exposed side, but paler and mottled with 

 pale yellow where shaded. Stalk an inch and a'half long. 

 Flesh pale, tender, juicy, sweet, and richly flavoured. 

 Eipe the middle and end of August. 



DOWNTON. Large, roundish-heart-shaped, much com- 

 pressed, nearly round. Skin pale yellow, stained with 

 red dots, semi-transparent, marbled with dark red next 

 the sun. Stalk nn inch and a half long, slender. Flesh 



