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Madame Gregoire. P. avium. X P. cerasus. i. Thomas Guide Prat. 26. 1876. 2. Guide 

 Prat. 18. 1895. 



This vaxiety is said in Guide Pratique, 1895, to be very similar to Reine Hortense. 

 Madeleine. P. cerasus. i. Thomas Guide Prat. 26, 201. 1876. 



Cerise Commune (de la Madeleine). 2. Poiteau Pom. Franc. 2: No. 12, PL 1846. 



Cerisier de la Madleine. 3. Noisette Man. Comp. Jard. 2:507. i860. 



Amarelle de la Madleine. 4. Mortillet Le CemtVr 2 : 205. 1866. 



Madeleine is probably a late strain of the old Cerise Commime formerly extensively 

 grown about Paris. Fruit of medium size, roundish, flattened at the ends; suture a line; 

 stem mediimi in length; skin clear red changing to brownish-red; flesh whitish, tender, 

 acid; pit small; ripens the last of July; productive. 

 Madison. P. avium, i. ElUott Pr. Book 211. 1854. 



Madison Bigarreau. 2. Kenrick Am. Orch. 235. 1841. 3. Thomas Am. Fruit Cult. 

 367. 1849. 



Madison's Bunte Herzkirsche. 4. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 368. 1889. 



Madison is a seedling of the White Bigarreau, raised by Robert Manning, Salem, 

 Massachusetts. Tree healthy, productive, moderate in growth, spreading; fruit of medium 

 size, regular, heart-shaped; stem rather short, slender; skin heavily dotted and mottled 

 with rich red on amber-yellow grotmd; flesh yellowish, rather tender, juicy, with agreeable 

 sprightliness; pit small, oval; season the last of June. 

 Magann. P. avium, i. New Haven Nur. Cat. 12. 1899-1900. 



Magann is a hardy. Sweet Cherry originating in Franklin County, Missouri; fruit 

 large, nearly black, borne in large clusters. 



Magese. P. cerasus. i. Thomas Guide Prat. 24. 1876. 2. Leroy Diet. Pom. 5:327 

 fig- 1877. 



Mag^e was received by Leroy from Florence, Italy, about 1864. Fruit large, attached 

 in twos and threes, obtuse-cordate; stem stout, short, inserted in a wide, deep cavity; 

 skin yellow, washed with carmine; flesh yellowish, moderately tender, juicy, sugary, 

 acidulated; first quality; stone small, rovmd, plump; ripens the first of June. 

 Magnifique de Daval. Species? i. Mas Pom. Gen. 11:154. 1882. 2. Mathieu Nom. 

 Pom. 368. 1889. 



The flowers and foliage are described by Mas in his Pomologie G&n4rale. 

 Magog. Species? i. Okla. Sta. Bui. 2:13. 1892. 



Listed in the reference given. 

 Mammoth. P. avium, i. Ohio Pom. Soc. Rpt. 10:44. 1862. 



Kirtland's Mammoth. 2. Elliott Pr. Book 198 fig. 1854. 3. Mas Pom. Gen. 11:31, 

 32, fig. 16. 1882. 



Mammuthkirsche. 4. Proskauer Obstsort. 56. 1907. 



Mammoth was raised, probably about 1842, by Professor J. P. Kirtland of Cleveland, 

 Ohio, from a pit of a Yellow Spanish tree grown apart from other cherries. Tree large, 

 vigorous, round-topped, usually unproductive; fruit of the largest size, often averaging 

 three and one-half inches in circumference, obtuse-cordate, with a large, prominent suture; 

 stem of medium thickness, long; skin moderately thick, attractive clear yellow, blushed 



