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THE CHERRY. 



Fruit large, heart-shaped, dark purplish red. Flesh firm, juicy, sweet. 

 Ripe 15th to last of July. 



RED JACKET. 



One of Prof. Kirtland's seedlings. A free- 

 growing, rather spreading, late, and produc- 

 tive variety. Very profitable for market. 



Fruit large, regular, obtuse heart-shaped. 

 Color amber, mostly covered with light red. 

 Flesh half tender, juicy, good but not rich 

 flavor. Stalk long, slender, in a moderate 



Red Jacket 



basin. 

 Red. 



Ripe about the time of Downer's 



REMINGTON. 

 Kemington White Heart. Eemington Heart. 



Fruit small, heart-shaped. Skin yellow, 

 rarely with a faint tinge of red on one side. 

 Flesh yellowish, dry, and somewhat bitter. 

 Middle and last of August. 



RICHARDSON. 



Raised by J. R. Richardson, Boston. Tree 

 vigorous, productive. 



Fruit large, heart-shaped, dark red, inclining to black. Flesh deep 

 red, half tender, juicy, sweet. Good. Last of June. 



RIVAL. 



An English variety. Its principal value being from its period of 

 late maturity. Tree vigorous, productive. 



Fruit medium, obtuse heart-shape, compressed one side. Suture 

 distinct. Skin purplish black, or black. Flesh firm, sweet. Good. 

 August. 



RIVERS'S EARLY AMBEK. 



Raised by Thomas Rivers, England. 



Fruit medium size, heart-shaped, prolific, a sub-variety of old Early 

 White Heart, but not as early. 



RIVERS'S EARLY HEART. 



Raised by Thomas Rivers, England. 



Fruit medium size, heart-shaped, ripening just after Belle d' Or- 

 leans. Yery much inferior. 



