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This variety is distinguished from others of its class by its smaller stone, tender flesh, 

 longer stem and later ripening. Tree never large, productive; fruit large, nearly round, 

 sides slightly compressed; suture distinct; stem long; color brownish-red; flesh tender, 

 colored, juicy, very sovu:; ripens in August but hangs until September. 

 Holman Duke. P. avium X P- cerasus. 1. Langley Pomona 86, PI. 17 fig. i. 1729. 



2. Prince Pom. Man. 2:135, 136. 1832. 3. Floy-Lindley Guide Orch. Card. 99. 

 1846. 4. Leroy Diet. Pom. 5:346, 347 fig. 1877. 



Cerise Royale Tardive D'Angleterre. $. Ann. Pom. Beige 1:107, 108, PI. 1853. 



Cherry-Duck. 6. Noisette Man. Camp. Jard. 2:507. i860. 



Royale Tardive. 7. Mortillet Le Cerisier 2:155, 156 fig., 157, 158, 305. 1866. 

 8. Pom. France 7:No. i, PI. i. 1871. 9. Mas Pom. Gen. 11:162. 1882. 



Holman Duke is thought to be of English origin and a seedling of May Duke. The 

 name, Royale Tardive, a S3rnonym of Holman Duke, has been used interchangeably for 

 several Duke cherries. Fruit large to above, roundish-cordate; suture moderate; stem 

 above medium in size, set in a rather deep, narrow, irregular cavity; skin thin, brownish- 

 red changing to nearly black when fully mature; flesh red, fibrous, juicy, vinous, acidulated; 

 pit of meditim size, ovoid; dorsal suture not very apparent; ripens the middle of July. 

 Holme Late Duke. P avium X P. cerasus. i. Thomas Guide Prat. 27. 1876. 



Mentioned by Thomas without a description. 

 Holstein. Species? i. Mag. Hort. 17:363. 1851. 



A mediimi-sized, round, red, seedling cherry. 

 Homer. P. cerasus. i. la. Sta. Bui. 73:71, 72. 1903. 2. Jewell Cat. 35. 1906. 



3. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 27. 1909. 



Homer is a seedling of the Morello type from New Haven, Cormecticut, introduced 

 from Homer, Minnesota; said to be valuable in the Northwest. Fruit medium to large, 

 roundish-oblate; stem short, stout; cavity shallow, moderately broad; skin red, becoming 

 darker, thin, rather tough; flesh tender, uncolored, juicy, mildly subacid; pit round, semi- 

 clinging; ripens the last of Jime. 



Honey. P- avium, i. Coxe Cult. Fr. Trees 251. 1817. 2. Elliott Fr. Book 217. 1854. 

 3. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 243. 1858. 



Large Honey. 4. Land. Hort. Soc. Cat. 52. 1831. 



Yellow Honey. 5. Prince Pom. Man. 2:110. 1832. 



Cream. 6. Horticulturist 1:148. 1846-47. 



Summer's Honey? 7. Cole Am. Fr. Book 228. 1849. 



Late Honey? 8. Ibid. 235, 236. 1849. 



Honey, though grown only in America, is probably of foreign origin — an old sort 

 renamed. Tree similar to Black Mazzard but more spreading. Fruit small, roundish- 

 oval, yellowish, mottled with red, becoming deep amber-red; stem long, slender; flesh 

 tender, melting, juicy, sweet; pit large; season the middle of July. 

 Honey Dew. P. avium, i. Conn. Bd. Agr. Rpt. 11:340. 1877. 



Spoken of as a valuable variety originating in Connecticut. 

 Honeywood. P. avium. i.Lond.Hort.Soc.Cat.52. 1831. 2. Mag. Hort. g: 205. 1843. 



Mentioned as unworthy of cultivation. 



