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posed thinly over the shoots ; growth, slender. This variety forms a close compact tree 

 and bears freely ; trees may be planted in orchards 1 5 feet apart, and are often used for 

 outside rows to shelter the larger fruited sorts ; most beautiful objects when the fruit is 

 fully ripe. Season late. 



Florence Heart. — Fruit, bright shining red and pale yellow, slightly flat on 

 one side ; flesh, primrose colour, crisp and juicy ; stone, small ; foliage, bright green, long 

 and lance-shaped, acutely pointed, short jointed and leafy ; stipules, prominent, greenish 

 brown ; growth, strong and upright. As an orchard tree it forms long branches, with 

 few side shoots. On account of this variety ripening late it often realises very high 

 prices in the market, but the tree is apt to gum and lose its branches ; on a north wall 

 the fruit attains great size and keeps late. Season latest. Fertility very good. 



Frogmore Early Bigarreau. — Fruit, orange colour, with reddish net-mark- 

 ings and a flush of deeper red \ flesh, firm, primrose colour, sweet and rich ; stone, spoon- 

 shaped, indented and lined on one side ; foliage, dark green, leathery, broadly oval ; 

 stipules, prominent ; glands, two or three ; growth, free and branching, one of the finest for 

 orchard and garden culture, bears freely in clusters. Season early. Fertility remarkable. 



Gi;ANT DE Hedelfingen. — Fruit, crimson black ; flesh, very firm and crisp, of 

 a blood red colour, very rich flavour; stone, large, oval, often adhering to flesh ; foliage, 

 pale green, oval-shaped, bluntly serrate ; stalk, very long, wood greenish brown, leaves 

 drooping ; growth, robust and free ; fertility, moderate ; season, rather late. This grand 

 black cherry is one of the largest and best. It is worthy of culture in even a limited 

 collection. 



Governor Wood. — Fruit, pale yellow and soft red, very handsome and large ; 

 flesh, tender, juicy, sweet, and very pleasant ; foliage, pale green, deeply notched, wide 

 apart, the terminal leaves are reddish ; stipules, brown, leaf-stalk short ; growth, moderate, 

 a good cherry for garden culture in any form, fruits very freely in clusters. Orchard 

 trees in some soils are apt to gum ; does well in the Midlands. Season early. 



GuiGNE D'Annonay. — Fruit, shining black, round, produced in clusters, medium 

 size ; flesh, charcoal black, flavour very rich, and altogether first-rate ; foliage, rather 

 longer and more robust than the white-fleshed Guignes, pale olive green, regularly 

 pointed and bluntly serrate ; growth, moderate, forms a well-shaped tree, excellent for 

 garden culture in all forms. This variety bears enormously in clusters, and from its 

 precocity is most valuable ; it is proving very hardy, and will be a great gain as an early 

 orchard fruit also. Season earliest. 



Kentish Bigarreau. — Fruit, dull carmine, shaded and blotched red, orange 

 and primrose, flat on both sides, when fully ripe it is bronzy red ; flesh, deep primrose, 

 crisp, juicy, and very rich flavour ; stone, heart-shaped, adhering slightly to flesh ; foliage, 

 olive green, long, oval, sharply pointed ; glands, of medium size ; growth, vigorous, 

 branching, forming a shapely orchard tree. This is one of the best and most profitable 

 cherries grown, and is the glory of the Kent orchards. It succeeds in all forms as a 

 garden tree, and is hardy and not so liable to gum as some. Season mid-season. 

 Fertility excellent. 



Kentish Red. — Fruit, bright reddish crimson, produced in bunches; fUsh, 

 tender, juicy, and with a distinct flavour, almost transparent ; foliage, bright green, 

 small, and disposed wide apart on the branches, footstalks are stout and long ; growth, 

 twiggy and weeping. Fertility first-rate. Season late. This is the favourite cherry for 

 drying, for tarts and for jam. It has a distinct rich flavour, and is quite a sweetrneat. 

 It makes a good small orchard tree, a pretty pyramid, and a fertile wall tree, fruiting 

 after the style of the Morello. The Flemish is larger and later and as free-bearmg 

 as the Morello. 



Knight's Early Black.— iv-KzV, blood-red to black, round, medmm size, very 

 rich flavour, and one of the finest for eariy gatherings, bears enormously in clusters ; 

 foliage, medium sized, resembling that of the May Duke ; growth, moderate, compact but 

 weeping. Fertility excellent. Season early. 



Ludwig's Bigarreau.— i^^a?V, large, bright red all over, slightly mottled ; ^J/4, 

 firm, very rich, juicy and sweet ; stone, blundy spoon - shaped, lined on one side ; 



