260 WESTERN FRUIT BOOK. 



DOCTOE. Color, light yellow and red ; form, round- 

 ish, heart-shaped, with a suture extending all around; 

 size, 2; use, table; quality, 1; flesh, jaicy, tender, sweet, 

 with a delicious flavor; season, June. 



Eemarks.— One of Professor Kirtland's. Not very vig- 

 orous, but all his seedling cherries are of a healthy habit. 

 Bearing too great croiDS, a fault however, on the right side. 

 Eequires good cultivation. 



DOWKER'S LATE. Color, bright lively red, mottled - 

 amber in shade ; form, round, heart-shaped, slightly com- 

 pressed on one side; size, 1 ; use, table; quality, 2; flesh, 

 tender, delicious, and sweet when full}' ripe ; season, June 

 and July. 



Eemarks. — Tree vigorous, hardy, prolific and healthy. 

 Eecommended by Buchanan, Ernst, and Warder, for the 

 vicinity of Cincinnati. 



Downing's Eed Cheek. Color, yellowish white; form, 

 obtuse, heart-shaped; size, 2 to 1 ; use, table; quality, 2; 

 flesh, half tender, and delicately sweet; season, June. 

 Eegular and great bearer. 



Early Purple Guigne. Form, roundish heart-shaped, 

 indenture at point ; use, table ; quality, 1 ; flesh, juicy, 

 rich, sweet, and excellent ; season. May and June. 



Eemarks. — By some called German May Duke. Only 

 moderately productive when young. It is verj' early, and 

 delicious. It is highly deserving of cultivation, being the 

 earliest yet known; more so, even, than the May Duke, 

 and Early May, with the same advantages of situation 

 and soil. The May Duke is quite green, and the Early 

 May is hardly ripe, when the Early Guigne is in full per- 

 fection. It is nearly two weeks earlier than the May 

 Duke, and fully equal to it in quality. The Early May 



