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black as it ripens. Stalk about two inches long. Flesh 

 half-tender, dark purple, juicy, sweet, and richly flavoured. 

 End of July and beginning of August. Superior to the 

 Black Heart and the Corone. 



MAMMOTH (Kirtland's Mammoth}. Very large, often 

 an inch and an eighth in diameter ; obtuse heart-shaped. 

 Skin clear yellow, flushed and marbled with red. Stalk 

 an inch and a quarter long. Flesh half-tender, juicy, 

 sweet, and very richly flavoured. Middle and end of 

 July. This is a magnificent cherry. 



MANNING'S MOTTLED. Above medium size, obtusely 

 heart-shaped, and flattened on one side. Skin amber 

 coloured, finely mottled, and flushed with red, somewhat 

 translucent and shining. Stalk slender, two inches long. 

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

 Middle of July. 



Marcelin. See Monstrous Heart, 



MARY (KirtlancVs Mary}. Large, roundish-heart- 

 shaped, and handsome. Skin very much mottled with 

 deep, rich red on a yellow ground, and, when much ex- 

 posed to the sun, almost entirely of a rich glossy red. 

 Stalk from one inch and a half to two inches long. Flesh 

 pale yellow, firm, rich, and juicy, with a sweet and high 

 flavour. Middle and end of July. This is a very beauti- 

 ful and very fine cherry. 



MAY DUKE (Duke; Early Diike ; Early May Dulcc ; 

 Angleterre Hdiive ; Roy ale Hative}. Large, roundish, 

 inclining to oblate. Skin at first of a red-cornelian 

 colour, but gradually becoming dark red, and ultimately 

 almost black, as it ripens. Stalk about an inch and a 

 half long. Flesh red, tender, juicy, and richly flavoured, 

 with a fine, subdued acidulous smack. Beginning of July. 



De Meruer. See Reine Hortense. 



Merveille de Hollande. See Eeine Hortense. 



Merveille de Septembre. See Tar dive de Mans 



Milan. See Morello. 



MONSTROUS H^KR? (Bigarreau GrosCosuret; Bigarreau 

 Jaboulais , Bigarreau Gaboulais ; Bigarreau de Lyons-, 

 Bigarreau Gros Monstrueux ; Bigarreau Monstrueux de 

 Mezel; Marcelin; Gros Cceuret ; Ward's Bigarreau}. 

 Very large, obtuse heart-shaped. Skin at first yellowish, 

 tinged and streaked with red, but changing to a deep, 



