THE CHERRY. 



MAYDUKE. Mill. Thomp. Lind. 

 Royale Hative, ") Early Duke, 



Cherry Duke, (of some,) 



Cerise Guigne, 



Coularde, 



De Hollande, 



D'Espagne, 



Griotte Grosse Noire, 



GriotteD'Espagne(o/s07ne,) 



Griotte Precoce, (of some,) _ 



Large Mayduke, 



Morris Duke, of various 



of various Morris's Early Duke, English 



French Benham's Fine Ear. D'ke, ] gardens 



gardens. Thompson's Duke, 



Portugal Duke, 

 Buchanan's Early Duke, 

 Millett's Late Heart Duke, j 



ac. to 

 Thomp. 



Holman's Duke. 



This invaluable early cherry is one of the most popular sorts 

 in all countries, thriving almost equally well in cold or -warm 

 climates. This, the Black Heart, and the Bigarreau, are the 

 most extensively diffused of all the finer varieties in the United 

 States. And among all the new varieties none has been found 

 to supplant the Mayduke. Before it is fit 

 for table use, it is admirably adapted for 

 cooking ; and when fully ripe, it is, perhaps, 

 the richest of the sub-acid cherries. In the 

 gardens here, we have noticed a peculiar 

 habit of this tree of producing very fre- 

 quently some branches which ripen much 

 later than the others, thus protracting for 

 a long time the period in which its fruit is 

 in use. The Mayduke is remarkable for 

 its upright, or, as it is called, fastigiate 

 head, especially while the tree is young, in 

 distinction to other sorts, which produce 

 many lateral branches. 



Fruit roundish or obtuse heart-shaped, 

 growing in clusters. Skin at first of a lively 

 red, but when fully ripe of a rich dark red. 

 Flesh reddish, tender and melting, very Mayduke. 



juicy, and at maturity, rich and excellent in flavour. This fruit 

 is most frequently picked while it is yet red, and partially acid, 

 and before it attains its proper colour or flavour. It begins to 

 colour, about New York, in favourable seasons, the last of May, 

 and ripens during the first half of June. 



. Mayduke is said to be a corruption of Medoc, the province in 

 France, where this variety (the type of all the class now called 

 Dukes) is believed to have originated. 



HEINE HORTENSE. 



Moustreuse de Bavay. Belle de Bavay. 



Lemercier. Seize a la Livre. 



French origin, of Duke habit. Tree a healthy and handsome 

 grower, productive, and a very desirable variety. 



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