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the Society, through your medium, and also to forward to 

 you, for them, a box of grafts. 



I am aware that it is making a heavy draft on the creduhty 

 of an intelligent Society to solicit from them their confidence 

 m twenty-two new seedling varieties of the cherry — yet 

 scions of that number are embraced in the box. I hope they 

 will accept of them, and make such disposition of them as 

 will ensure a careful and thorough testing of their qualities. 

 When that shall have been accomplished, I trust the Society 

 will award them their true merits ; and, should I be among 

 the living at that period, I hope to learn from the Society the 

 name of any cherry which equals the Gov. Wood ; — of any 

 two which equals Gov. Wood and Kirtland's Mary ; — of any 

 three which are more valuable for the table and the market 

 than Gov. Wood, Kirtland's Mary and Black Hawk ; — and of 

 any twenty-one kinds, foreign or American, which, taken 

 collectively, will excel that number embraced in the enclosed 

 catalogue, excluding the " Leather Stocking." Having tested 

 them all for from three to five or more years, I have no fears 

 of the result of such a comparison. 



These, with the exception of Nos. 3, 4 and 22 of the list, 

 were raised from pites of the Yellow Spanish, probably hybrid- 

 ized by the Black Tartarian, Black Mazzard and May-Duke. 

 No. 3 and 4 sprung from a Morello tree standing in contact 

 with a Carnation cherry tree. Very respectfully yours, 

 Jared p. Kirtland, East Rockport, Cuyahoga Co., O., 

 Feb. 3d, 1853. 



List of Grafts forwarded to the Mass. Hort. Society, 

 Boston, Feby. 3d, 1852. 



1. Teciimseh Cherry. — Large ; black ; fine flavor ; val- 

 uable. 



2. Red Jacket. — Size medium ; color red ; flavor good ; 

 matures late. 



3. Shannon. — Large and fine Morello. 



4. Kirtland''s Large. — Very large Morello, and very fine. 



5. Kirtkmd^s Mary. — Very large ; amber colored ; pro- 

 lific ; flavor excellent. Considered as one of the best. 



