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THE FEUIT MANUAL. 



Anglaise Tardive. See Late Duke. 

 Angleterre Hative. See May Duke. 

 ADsell's Fine Black. See Black Heart. 



AECHDUKE {Griotte de Portugal), — Fruit, larger than that of 

 May Duke, nine-tenths of an inch wide, and eight-tenths deep, obtuse 

 heart-shaped, and with a deeply-marked suture at the apex, which 

 diminishes towards the stalk, and very slightly pitted at the apex, in 

 which the yellow style-point is placed. Skin, thin, pale red at first, 

 but becoming dark red, and when allowed to hang till fully ripe it is 

 almost black. Peduncle, long. Stalk, very slender and green, an inch 

 and a half to two inches long, deeply inserted. Flesh, deep red, very 

 tender and juicy, sweet, and briskly flavoured ; but sugary when highly 

 ripened. 



Ripe in the middle and end of July. The tree is somewhat pendu- 

 lous when old. 



The true Archduke cherry has become very scarce, as for many years past 

 Anglaise Tardive has been propagated under that name, chiefly, I believe, throagh 

 it being made synonymous with that variety by some authors. I met with the true 

 sort in the nurseries at Sawbridgeworth in 1847 ; and Mr. Rivers then informed 

 me that it had been grown there by his ancestors for upwards of a century. The 

 same variety is still propagated there. Even in Parkinson's time it was difficult to 

 obtain it true, for he says, " Scarce one in twentie of our Nurseriemen doe sell the 

 right, but give one for another : for it is an inherent qualitie almost hereditai-ie 

 with most of them to sell any man an ordinary fruit for whatsoeuer rare fruit he 

 shall aske for : so little they are to be trusted." 



Armstrong's Bigarreau. See Bigarreau de Hollande. 

 A Trochet. See Cluster. 

 Autumn Bigarreau. See Belle Agathe. 

 Baramdam. See Paramdam. 



BAUMANN'S MAY {Bigarreau de Mai). — Fruit, generally produced 

 in pairs, rather below medium size ; ovate-cordate, and irregular in its 

 outline. Skin, of a fine dark clear red, assuming a deeper colour 

 when at maturity. Stalk, an inch and a half to an inch and three 

 quarters long, stout at the insertion, and placed in a narrow and irre- 

 gular cavity. Flesh, purple, tender, juicy, sweet, and well-flavoured. 



As an early cherry this is a fruit of first-rate excellence, far sui-- 

 passing the Early May, which has hitherto been cultivated more on 

 account of its earliness than any intrinsic merit it possesses as an 

 earliest fruit; and on this account Baumann's May, as it becomes 

 more generally known, must ultimately supersede its cultivation. This 

 excellent variety ripens in the third or last week in May. 



The tree is a most abundant and early bearer, with strong and 

 vigorous shoots, and large dark-coloured leaves, but not Uke those of 

 a Bigarreau ; neither is the character of the fruit in accordance with 



