Descriptions of Select Varieties of Cherries. 405 



The Fall Exhibitions of 1853. — We anticipate much 

 gratification from the September exhibitions of this year. 

 With the exception of apples, fruit is unusually abundant, 

 and has the promise now of being fully as fine as in any 

 previous year. Especially is this the fact with regard to the 

 peeir,- to which so much attention has recently been given; 

 so many orchards and gardens planted with the choicest 

 kinds. Many new varieties have come into bearing, affording 

 not only the pleasure of inspecting their general appearance, 

 but of testing their quality. 



In the vicinity of Boston, quite a number of new kinds 

 are in fruit. Beurre Clairgeau is bearing finely in several 

 collections. Beurre Bachelier, Wredow, Kingsessing, Beau 

 Present d'Artois, Striped Duchess of Angouleme, Beurre 

 Kennes, Collins, Beurre Nantais, Beurre de Mons, Laure de 

 Glymes, Beurre Duhaume, and many more, are fruiting ; 

 and though in most instances the specimens are few, yet we 

 trust we may see them all at the annual exhibition of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society. The late rains have 

 greatly benefited the trees and invigorated the growth of the 

 fruit. 



Art. IV. ' Descriptions and Engravings of Select Varieties 

 of Cherries. By the Editor. 



We continue our descriptions of cherries from our last vol- 

 ume, (XVIII, p. 356.) 



19. HOVEY. 



This new, large, and superior cherry, (fig. 27,J has been 

 noticed several times in our Pomological Gossip, and has now 

 been exhibited for the fifth year before the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society, and received the especial commenda- 

 tion of the Fruit Committee. It is one of the largest cher- 

 ries yet produced, being more than an inch diameter. It is 

 also one of the most beautiful varieties, having a rich amber 

 colored skin, deeply shaded with bright red ; the flesh is 



