226 Varieties of the Cherry. 
Mezel, Monstrueuse de (Great Bigarreau).—A foreign variety of the 
largest size; dark red or quite black; firm and juicy; late. 
“ ~ Pontiac.—Large; dark purplish red; half tender, juicy, and agreeable. 
Burr's Seedling.—Large; yellow, shaded with red; sweet and rich; 
vigorous and great bearer; apparently does better near the coast than in 
the interior. 
Oxheart.—Fruit large, obtuse, heart-shaped; skin dark red; flesh red, 
half tender, with a pleasant juice of second quality. 
Napoleon Bigarreau (Royal Ann).—A magnificent cherry of the largest 
size; pale yellow, becoming amber in the shade, richly dotted and spotted 
with deep red, and with a bright red cheek; flesh very firm, juicy and sweet. 
Tree a free grower and an enormous bearer. 
Tradescant’s Blackheart (Elkhorn).—Large, heart-shaped; deep, glossy 
black; very solid and firm; dark purple, moderately juicy. 
Schmidt’s Bigarreau.—‘A new German variety lately introduced. 
The largest of all the Black Bigarreau cherries. Skin of a deep black 
color; flesh dark and very juicy, with a fine flavor.” —/ohn Bidwell. 
DUKES AND MORELLOS. 
Early Richmond (Kentish).—An early, red, acid cherry; valuable for 
cooking early in the season. 
May Duke.—An old, well-known, excellent variety; large, dark red, 
juicy, subacid, rich. 
Arch Duke.—Fruit large, obtuse, heart-shaped; bright red becoming 
dark; flesh light red, melting, juicy, rich, subacid flavor, very good; tree 
more upright and vigorous than May Duke. 
Late Duke.—Fruit large, flattened or obtuse, heart-shaped; white, 
mottled with red, becoming rich dark red when ripe; flesh yellowish, tender, 
juicy; hangs long on the tree. 
Reine Hortense.—‘‘It is one of the very largest of cherries; a beautiful, 
glossy red, or deep pink, when fully ripe; heart-shaped; a universal bearer, 
and when hanging on the tree no fruit is more beautiful; excellent for can- 
ning, but too soft and juicy for shipment.” —W. W. Smith. 
Lnglish Morello.—Large, dark red, nearly black; tender, juicy, rich, 
acid, productive and late. 
Guigne Noir Luisante (Black Spanish).—Fruit medium size, round, 
fee nner glossy, blackish red; flesh reddish purple, tender, juicy, rich, 
acid. 
Belle Magnifique.—Fruit large, roundish, inclined to heart-shape; skin 
a fine bright red; flesh juicy, tender, with sprightly subacid flavor; one of 
the best of its class; a fine table fruit when fully ripe. 
PACIFIC. COAST SEEDLINGS, 
Lewelling—Black Republican (Black Oregon).—‘‘Seedling by Seth 
Lewelling, Milwaukee, Oregon, from seed planted in 1860; first fruited in 
orchard in 1864. Widely distributed in California. Large, black, sweet, 
with purple flesh; ripens ten days after Black Tartarian.”—/ames Shinn. 
“Large, late black cherry, good flavor, long keeper; dries and ships well. 
Seems to succeed better on foot-hills than in the valley.’—Robert William- 
son. ‘Supposed to be a cross between Napoleon Bigarreau and Black 
Tartarian, having the solid flesh of the former and the color of the latter; 
very late.’’—/ohn Rock. “I am of the opinion that the Black Republican 
and Lincoln came from the seed of the Black Eagle, but I have little idea 
of what variety they were crossed with.’’—Seth Lewelling. 
Bing.—Originated by Seth Lewelling, from seed of Black Republican. 
“Fruit large, dark brown or black, very fine; late; a good shipping 
variety.”’—Seth Lewelling. Tree vigorous, and foliage heavy. 
