CHERRIES. 57 



HOGG'S BLACK GEAN. Medium sized, obtuse heart- 

 shaped. Skin black and shining. Stalk an inch and a 

 half long. Flesh dark, very tender, richly flavoured, and 

 very sweet. Beginning of July. 



HOGG'S RED GEAN. Medium sized, roundish, inclining 

 to heart-shaped. Skin red, freckled with amber yellow. 

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

 tender and juicy, sweet, and richly flavoured. Beginning 

 of July. 



Hybrid de Laeken. See Heine Hor tense. 



Indulle. See Early May. 



JEFFREYS' DUKE (Cherry DuJce of Duhamel; Jeffreys 

 Royal; Boyale}. Medium sized, round, and a little 

 flattened, produced upon stalks of about an inch long, 

 which are united in clusters on one common peduncle 

 half an inch long. Skin deep red, changing to black as 

 it attains maturity. Flesh red, firm, very juicy, rich, and 

 highly flavoured. The juice is quite sweet, and not acid, 

 like the May Duke. Bipe the beginning and middle of 

 July. 



JOC-O-SOT. Large and handsome, somewhat obtusely 

 heart-shaped, compressed, on the sides, and deeply in- 

 dented at the apex. Skin shining, of a deep brownish- 

 black colour. Stalk two inches long. Flesh dark brownish- 

 red, tender, juicy, rich, and sweet. Middle of July. 



KENNICOTT. Large, roundish-heart-shaped, and com- 

 pressed on the sides. Skin of a fine amber yellow, con- 

 siderably mottled with deep glossy red. Flesh yellowish 

 white, firm, juicy, rich, and sweet. Beginning and middle 

 of August. 



KENTISH (Common Bed; Early Richmond; Pie Cherry; 

 Sussex; Virginian May}. Medium sized, round. Skin 

 bright red. Stalk an inch and a quarter long, stout, 

 deeply set, and adhering so firmly to the stone, that the 

 latter may be drawn out. Flesh acid. For kitchen pur- 

 poses. Middle and end of July. 



Kirtland's Mammoth. See Mammoth. 



Kirtland's Mary. See Mary. 



Knevett's Late Bigarreau. See Florence. 



KNIGHT'S EARLY BLACK. Large, and obtuse heart- 

 shaped, irregular, and uneven. Skin black. Stalk two 



