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Art. III. Pomological Gossip. 



The Cherry Season. — The crop of cherries the present 

 year has been unusually abundant and good. The weather 

 has been dry, and they ripened off without scarcely any of 

 the cracking and rotting so common in most seasons. Some 

 new varieties have also fruited more profusely than hereto- 

 fore, and afforded a better opportunity to test their merits. 

 The following are some we have seen in fine condition : — 



Duchess de Pallua. — This is a new variety, introduced 

 by Hon. M. P. Wilder. It is a black cherry, very dark, of 

 medium size, and rather early, ripening about the middle of 

 June. The flavor is brisk, rich, and very sweet, and it 

 promises to be a valuable variety. It is one of the most 

 abundant bearers, the branches being loaded with the fruit. 

 We shall give a drawing and description of it in a future 

 number. 



Coes Transparent has proved to be a most excellent 

 cherry, of good size, with a beautiful transparent skin, and 

 remarkably tender, like the Downer. 



Bigarreau d'Esperin. — This fine cherry, which we first 

 fruited and described in our last volume, (XVIII, p. 356,) has 

 borne abundantly this year, and proves to be even a finer 

 cherry than we estimated it. It appears to be between the 

 Dukes and the Heart cherries, having that brisk vinous flavor 

 of the former, without their acidity, being just acid enough 

 to be rich and refreshing. The flesh is exceedingly tender. 

 It produces abundantly, and hangs well on the tree. 



Hovey. — This is the name under which the new seedling 

 we have already noticed (XVII, p. 363,) is known. It has 

 now borne for the fourth year, and continues to sustain the 

 high character which has been given to it by the Fruit Com- 

 mittee of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. We shall 

 figure and describe it in our next. 



Cherry Festival in Cleveland, Ohio. — A Cherry Festival 

 was held in Cleveland on the 24th of June, at the invitation 

 of Mr. F. R. Elliot, to test Dr. Kirtland's Seedling Cherries. 

 We had an invitation to attend, and regret that we were un- 



