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amber, rather firm, but tender, brisk, rich and delicious, shght- 

 ly adhering to the stone : Stone, small, oval. Ripe from the 

 middle of July to beginning of August. 



20. Duchess de Pallua. 



This new cherry (fig. 28,^ we recently noticed. It fruited 

 with the Hon. M. P. Wilder, who exhibited some fine speci- 

 mens before the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, the 

 present year, for the first time. It is, we believe, a French 

 variety, imported ■ by him. It is a peculiarly sweet cherry, 

 and from the appearance of the branches, with the fruit 

 upon them, which he also exhibited, it is a 

 most abundant bearer. 



The color is a very dark purple, almost black ; 

 of medium size, with very tender, deep purple 

 flesh. It comes in just after the early sorts, 

 and promises to be a decided acquisition. 



Size, medium, about three-quarters of an 

 inch long, and the same in diameter : Form, 

 oblong heart-shaped, convex on one side, 

 compressed or flattened on the other, with a 

 very indistinct suture, rounded at the apex : 

 Skin, very dark, blackish purple, opaque : 

 Stem, rather long, about one and three-quar- 

 ter inches in length, slender, and inserted in a 

 large, open, and moderately deep cavity : 

 Flesh, very dark, purplish red, tender, vinous, %e^PaUua/'^" 

 rich and good ; separating tolerable freely from the stone ; 

 Stone, oblong ovate, small, very smooth. Ripe from the 

 middle to the end of June. 



21. Coe's Transparent. Horticulturist. 



This new cherry, (fig. 29,) was introduced to the public, 

 with a high reputation, certificated by many of the raiser's 

 friends in his immediate vicinity. It was raised by Mr. Coe 

 of Middletown, Connecticut, and first disseminated about 

 six or eight years ago. It has not yet, therefore, become 



