NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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THE HONEY-HEART CHERRY-TREE. 



This variety is also called Spar- 

 hawk's Honey, and it was for- 

 merly called Rogers's Pale Red. 

 The Honey Heart is doubtless a 

 native variety, and it probably 

 originated in this vicinity some 

 sixty years ago. Mr. Samuel 

 Hyde, an aged gentleman, of 

 Newton, first saw it in that 

 town, and he propagated it in 

 his nurserj% from the original 

 tree, as he thinks. 



It was called Rogers's Palo Red. 

 His sons, and successors in the 

 nursery business, Messrs. S. & 

 G. Hyde, gave to this cherry 

 the name Honey Heart, and un- 

 der this appropriate appellation 

 it has been extensively dissemi- 

 nated. As some authors called 



it Spar/iawk's Honey, without sufficient authority, as 

 we think, — for those who had first introduced had 

 prcvioiisly named it, — this name obtained consider- 

 ably for a while, but of late its true name is becom- 

 ing prevalent. 



This tree is hardy, and luxuriant in growth, form- 

 ing a beautiful, rounded, compact head, as may be 

 Been by our engraving. The young wood is stout 

 and vigorous, and the leaves are long and narrow, 



Fruit, 



and of a fine dark green color. The tree is large 

 and productive, and the fruit is unusually hardy 

 against storms, which often destroy cherries veiy 

 extensively, when they occur just before their 

 ripening. 



The fruit is of medial size ; flattish-roundish, heart- 

 shaped ; skin very thin, glossy, bright amber and red, 

 the red finely variegated with minute specks of yel- 

 Iftw or amber ; stem slender, and rather long ; flesh 

 yellowish, very tender, juicy, sweet, and delicious; 

 the stone rather large. Rather late ; ripening from 

 the 1st to the 12th of July. This late season from 

 the 12th to the 20 th. 



The Honey Heart is one of the very best of all 

 cherries, particularly for the private garden. Some 

 larger kinds, of inferior quality, may be more profit- 

 able for the market. But many intelligent horticul- 

 turists say that if they had but one cherry-tree for 

 their own use, they would choose the Honey Heart ; 

 and we consider this opinion correct. 



Cherry-trees have a great variety of forms. The 

 Black Tartarean, Elkhorn, Richardson, and some 

 others, run up in a high, narrow top. Others are 

 spreading, and some are weeping. The Honey 

 Heart is very handsome in form, and with its rich, 

 luxuriant foliage, is very ornamental, to say nothing 

 of its fine flowers and delicious and beautiful fruit. 

 Our engraving, is from a large and very flourishing 

 tree in the garden of Mr. H. K. Moore, Chelsea. 



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