CHERRIES. 



Fruit clustered like the May Duke, and much of the 

 same colour ; but larger, with a shorter stalk, and in- 

 serted in a deeper hollow, ripening at least a fortnight 

 later. The Arch Duke is a much more vigorous grower 

 than the May Duke, with longer diverging branches, 

 and larger leaves. It is equally hardy as an open 

 standard, and may be planted to advantage among 

 Morellos on a north wall. 



3. BELLE DE CHOISY. Jard. Fruit. Vol. ii. p. 21. 

 t. 7. Pom. Mag. i. 42. 



Cerise de la Palembre, 1 of the French Gar dens , ac- 



Cerise Doucette, J cording to the Pom. Mag. 



Fruit growing by pairs, middle-sized, roundish, de- 

 pressed at the apex. Stalk, from the forks an inch, 

 neck half an inch long. Skin transparent, red, mottled 

 with amber colour, especially on the shaded side. Flesh 

 amber-coloured, tender, and sweet. Stone middle-sized, 

 round. 



Ripe in July, rather before the May Duke. 



This cherry is of French origin, and is said to have been 

 raised at Choisy, near Paris, about the year 1760. The 

 general habit of the tree is that of the the May Duke ; 

 but the branches are rather more spreading than the 

 common one, and the leaves more evenly serrated. 



It bears well on an open standard, and is very de- 

 serving of cultivation. 



4. CARNATION. Langley, 1. 16. f. 3. 



Fruit large, round, almost the colour of the Kentish, 

 but more marbled with red. Flesh firm, with a very 

 good-flavoured juice. 



Ripe in August. 



The branches, as well as the trees, have a good deal 

 of the character of the Kentish ; but they are stronger, 

 the leaves larger, deeply and doubly serrated. 



The Carnation Cherry, is a shy bearer generally, on 

 an open standard ; but when trained as an espalier, in a 



