190 TREATISE ON FRUIT TREES. 



XVII. Common CHERRY TREE with smallest round fruit, very dark red, tart & bitter, late- 

 ripening. 



CHERRY TREE with very small black fruit. Small cherry for ratafias. 



This is a variety whose height, shoots, leaves, fruit, &c. are smaller than those of 

 the preceding one. The stalk supporting the fruit is extremely long & almost always has a 

 small leaf at its origin. The pedicel of the bud that becomes the common attachment for 

 three or four fruit stalks sometimes reaches a length of four to six lignes. 



This cherry ripens a little later than the preceding one. Its juice is more acrid & 

 more bitter, which makes it preferable for ratafias. 



XVIII. Sweet CHERRY TREE with the largest round fruit, verging from red to blackish, most 

 tasty. 



Portugal MORELLO CHERRY TREE. (PL XIII.) 



This is a vigorous tree of average size and is quite fruitful. 



The shoots are stout, strong, & very short. They're yellow mingled with a reddish 



color. 



The buds are big, short, blunt, often double & even triple. 



The flowers are ten lignes in diameter. They're fully open; three or four emerge 

 from each bud. The petals are much wider than they are long. They're divided lengthwise 

 by a large crease & are a bit ruffled at the edges. 



The leaves are large. The ones on fruiting branches are three-&-a-half inches long 

 by twenty-six lignes wide. They're widest very near the tip that terminates in a small 

 point. They narrow a lot near the stalk without ending in a point. Their denticulation is 

 large, deep, 



