THE CHERRIES OF NEW YORK 287 



Lamaurie. P avium, i. Mich. Sta. Bui. 177:31. 1899. 



Early Lamaurie. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 461. 1869. 3. Wickson Cal. Fruits 

 286, 291. 1889. 



The chief asset of this variety is its earliness for which it is cultivated in England, 

 France and America. The parentage and originator are unknown. Tree of medium vigor 

 and productiveness; fruit large, roundish-cordate, compressed; stem slender; skin thin, 

 moderately tough; color dark reddish-purple; flesh dark red, juicy, stringy, tender, mild, 

 sweet; of very good quality; season very early. 



Lampen Schwarze Knorpelkirsche. P. avium. 1. Truchsess-Heim Kirschensort. 204, 

 205, 676. 1819. 



hampers Knorpel- Kirsche. 2. Land. Hort. Soc. Cat. 53- 183 1. 



Bigarreau noir de LampS. 3. Mortillet Le Cerisier 2:302. 1866. 4. Thomas Guide 

 Prat. 20, 190. 1876. 5. Leroy Diet. Pom. 5:226 fig., 227, 352. 1877. 



A German cherry raised from seed at Guben, Prussia, Germany, in 1810, and named 

 for its originator. Fruit above medium in size, attached in twos and threes, obtuse-cordate ; 

 stem slender, set in a wide, shallow cavity; skin thin, rather dark reddish-brown; flesh 

 dark red, rather firm, juicy, sugary, wine-like; second qualit}'; pit large, oval; ripens early 

 in Jime. 



Lancaster. P. cerasus. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 3rd App. 163. 1881. 2. Del. Sta. 

 An. Rpt. 12:111. igoo. 



Lancaster is an accidental seedling on the grounds of Daniel Smeych, Lancaster, 

 Pennsylvania. Tree moderately vigorous, more open and spreading than Early Richmond; 

 fruit medium large, heart-shaped to oblate, slightly roundish; cavity deep, broad; stem 

 long, slender; suture very slight; apex small; skin light red, very thin, tender; flesh white, 

 moderately soft, juicy, sweet with a sprightly flavor; stone roundish, slightly ovate, par- 

 tially free; season June. 

 Langsurer Prachtweichsel. Species? i. Proskauer Obstsori. 59. 1907. 



Mentioned in this reference. 

 Large Black Gean. P. avium. 1. Land. Hort. Soc. Cat. 50. 1831. 



A medium-sized, firm, black Heart cherry of poor quality, ripening early in July. 

 Large Double Flowering. P. avium, i. Thacher ylw. Orch. 217. 1822. 2. Prince Pom. 

 Man. 2:111. 1832. 3. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 199. 1845. 



Merisziere. 4. Rea Flora 20. 1676. 



Merise d, Fleur Double. 5. Dtahamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 1:157. 1768. 6. Lond. Hort. 

 Soc. Cat. 53. 183 1. 



Kramelkirschenbaum mit gross geftillter Bliithe. 7. Kraft Pom. Aust. 1:4, Tab. 8. 

 1792. 



Herzkirschenbaum mit grosse gefUllter Bliithe. 8. Christ Handb. 668. 1797. 



SUsskirschenbaum mit ganz gefUllter BlMe. 9. Truchsess-Heim Kirschensort. 363-370. 

 1819. 



GefiilUbliihende Susskirsche. 10. Dochnahl Fii/tr. 06s<feMM<fe 3: 18. 1858. 



This variety in growth and foliage resembles the Mazzard and Black Heart and not 

 the common double-flowering cherry with its small tree and small, pointed leaves. The 



