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warm garden, where it has plenty of sun, it bears ex- 

 tremely well, and the fruit is much finer. 



5. EARLY MAY. Miller, No. 2. 

 Small Early May. Langley, 1. 17- f. 2. 



Cerisier Noir, a fruit rond precoce. Duh. 1. p. 168. 

 t.3. 



Fruit small, round, a little flattened at both extre- 

 mities. Stalk one inch and a quarter long, slender, 

 deeply inserted. Skin of a pale red colour. Flesh 

 soft, juicy, but not high flavoured. 



Ripe in June before any of the Dukes. 



This cherry ripened at Twickenham, in 17^7> on the 

 25th of April, O. S., or the 6th of May, N. S., according 

 to Langley. 



The wood of this sort is very slender and wiry, with 

 small shining leaves. Its only merit is that of ripening 

 before any other. It requires a south or south-east wall, 

 being too tender for an open standard. 



6. HOLMAN'S DUKE. Langley, t. 17* f. ! 

 Fruit round, flattened at both ends, of a very deep 



red; and when highly ripened in the sun, it is almost 

 black. Flesh very melting, juicy, and of a most excel- 

 lent flavour. 



Ripe the middle and end of August. 



The Holman's Duke is a very distinct variety of the 

 Duke, and cannot well be confounded with any other. 

 Its shoots are short, erect, straight, short-jointed, and 

 more slender than any of the other varieties ; and when 

 the May Duke is fully ripe, the fruit of this is quite 

 green, and ripening at least a month later in all situations. 

 It is one of our most hardy sorts, and when planted 

 against a north wall is highly valuable ; not only as 

 affording a most certain crop, but as prolonging the 

 season of the Duke to a late period, and as a connecting 

 link between all the rest and the Morello. 



