152 CHERRIES. 



22. FLORENCE. Hort. Trans. Vol. ii. p. 229. 1. 14, 

 Fruit large, heart-shaped, flat at the base, and obtuse 



at the apex, compressed on one side, with a shallow 

 suture. Stalk long, slender, seated in a deep, cup- 

 shaped cavity. Skin pale amber, very much marbled 

 with pale red, and of a very bright lively red where ex- 

 posed to the sun. Flesh white, firm, but not hard. 

 Juice plentiful, rich and sweet. 



Ripe end of July or beginning of August. 



This very fine cherry was imported from Florence 

 some years ago by the late Mr. Houblon, of Hallingbury 

 Place, in Essex. The original plant is now dead. 



It succeeds best trained against an east, or south-east 

 wall. 



23. HARRISON'S HEART. Forsyth, Ed. 7 No. 9- 

 Fruit large, heart-shaped, of a pale yellowish or am- 

 ber colour, slightly tinged with red on the sunny side. 

 Flesh tender, with a rich high-flavoured juice. 



Ripe the end of July and beginning of August. 



Mr. Forsyth says this Cherry was introduced from 

 the East Indies (?) by Governor Harrison, who went out 

 as Governor of Fort Saint George, in December, 1710, 

 and returned in 1719. It was first cultivated at his 

 seat at Balls, in Herefordshire. Some of the trees 

 which he presented to George I. were in a flourish- 

 ing state, in Kensington Gardens^ in 1800. This, like 

 the Bigarreau, ought to be trained against an east or 

 south-east wall. % 



24. KNIGHT'S EARLY BLACK. Hort. Trans. Vol. 

 iii. p. 211. VoL iv. p. 510. Pom. Mag. 93. 



Fruit large, blunt, heart-shaped, with an uneven 

 surface like that of the Black Tartarian. Stalk two 

 inches long, deeply inserted in a hollow, cup-shaped cavity, 

 Skin of a dark dull red, when fully ripe almost black. 

 Flesh firm, juicy, very deep purple, rich and high fla- 

 voured. 



