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flesh T^urple, rich, juicy, and hign-flavored. Tree 

 sprr-'iding. Middle of June. 



J)'ack Tartarian. — A superb, large fruit, 

 glossj', purplish black ; flesh purplish, rich, juicy, 

 and delicious ; tree erect and vigorous. Middle 

 of June. 



Rockport Jiiffarreau.—La,Tge, bright red, 

 shaded with amber ; flesh rather firm, juicy, rich 

 sweet, and excellent. Middle of June. 



Ohio Beauty. — Large, bright red; tree a 

 vigorous grower and great bearer ; an excellent 

 cherry. June. 



Governor Trooi.— Large, yellow, shaded with 

 red, becoming nearly all bright red ; tender, 

 sweet, rich, and delicious. June. 



Elton. — Large, pale yellow, with a delicate 

 red cheek; flesh nearly tender, juicy, rich, and 

 excellent ; one of the very best ; tree a free 

 grower and the hardiest ; it and the Early Purple 

 Guigne being almost the only varieties of this 

 class that will stand severe cold. June and July. 



Bigarreau^ or Yellow Spanish. — Very large ; 

 whitish yellow in the shade, deepening to bright 

 red in the sun ; flesh pale yellow, firm, juicy, 

 rich, sweet, and delicious; tree vigorous grower. 

 June and July. 



Black Eagle. — Pretty large ; deep purple, 

 nearly black ; flesh purple, rich, juicy, and highly 

 flavored. July. 



Bigarreau Napoleon, or Holland Bigarreau. — 

 One of the largest cherries ; amber, marbled, and 

 dotted with dark red ; flesh very solid, but juicy, 

 with an excellent flavor. 



Belle Agathe. — A new cherry, not yet proved 

 in this country, but worthy of trial on account of 

 its lateness ; medium size, bright red, sweet, 

 firm, yet juicy and agreeable ; ripens in Sep- 

 tember, and will hang on the tree if protected, 

 till October. 



CLASS n. — DUKE CHKRBIBS. 



May Duke. — Large, red, juicy, and fine; a 

 well known variety, ripening early in June, and 

 hanging long on the tre*?, with increasing excel- 

 lence. 



Archduke. — Large, very rich, and good ; 

 ripens about ten days after the May Duke j tree 



more pendulous when old ; the finest of the Duke 

 Cherries. June. 



Duchesse de Palluau. — Large, dark red ; a very 

 large and robust variety of the Duke cherry, of 

 excellent quality. June. 



Empress Eugenie. — Large ; an early variety of 

 the May Duke of the same quality ; ripens about 

 ten days before it. Not introduced into this 

 country yet, but deserving of trial. 



The Belle de Choisy and Reine ITortense, be- 

 longing to this class, are in all the select lists of 

 other works, but though the fruit is fine, and 

 they make beautifully formed trees, they are such 

 poor bearers that they cannot be recommended. 



CLASS III. — MORELLO CHERRIES. 



Belle Magyiifique. — Very large, sub-acid, and 

 excellent ; hardy. August. 



Kentish or Early Richmond. — The common red 

 cherry of the country ; medium bright red, be- 

 coming dark-red at maturity ; very hardy, and 

 prolific ; pleasant when ripe, and excellent for 

 cooking. 



Morello. — Large, dark-reddish black, acid, and 

 rather bitter ; hardy and a great bearer ; only 

 fit for cooking. 



IVouvelle Royale. — Large ; a cross between 

 the Kentish and May Duke ; more nearly allied 

 to the latter, with dark, glossy leaves ; the 

 latest and largest of the class (new), not yet in- 

 troduced, but may be found hardy and worthy 

 of trial. 



Dwarf Cherries on the Mahaleb stock are the 

 best for garden culture. The Duke and Mor- 

 ello cherries are the most suitable for dwarfing ; 

 but the others, though growing larger trees, do 

 vei-y well. Orchard-house culture of the cherry 

 on this stock is much in vogue in England ; and 

 it might be advantageously practised in the 

 colder parts of Canada, where the finer kinds do 

 not succeed. As it is not the object of this work 

 to give directions for culture under glass, those 

 intending this mode of culture are recommended 

 to get the " Orchard House," by Thomas Rivers, 

 of the Sawbridgeworth Nurseries, Herts, Eng- 

 land, which can be procured from Messrs. Long- 

 man & Co., London. 



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