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hangs so long, that it will come up to the Guigne at last. 

 This cherry is even earlier than the May Bigarreau. 



BAELY PEOLIFIC. Color, bright carmine red, mot- 

 tled on light amber yellow ; form, round obtuse, heart- 

 shaped ; size, 1; use, table ; quality, 1; flesh, half tender, 

 almost firm, juicy, rich, sweet, and delicate flavor ; season. 

 May and June. 



Eemarks. — Professor Kirtland. Tree, healthy, vigor- 

 ous, and upright. Eecommended by Buchanan, Ernst, 

 and Warder, for the locality of Cincinnati. 



EAELY EICHMOND, Pie Cherry, Kentish, Early May. 

 Color, brigKt red, becoming darker as it ripens ; form, 

 round ; size, 2 ; use, chiefly kitchen, very ripe for table, 

 though rather too acid ; quality, 2; flesh, juicy, very ten- 

 der, sprightly, rich, acid flavor; season, May and June. 



Eemarks. — "Very early, valuable, and hardy. Of Mo- 

 rello family. Excellent for early , market, for stewing, 

 pies, etc. It also has the fine quality of hanging long. 

 The Early May is so very like the above, that the distinc- 

 tion is hardly worth making. Both very j)roductive, and 

 "excellent for Cincinnati." — F. G. Gary. Eecommended, 

 also, as a matter of course, by those good judges, Buchan- 

 an, Ernst, and Warder, for the locality of Cincinnati. 



ELTON". Color, shining pale yellow on the shaded 

 side, but with a cheek next the sun delicately mottled 

 and streaked with bright red ; form, long, heart-shaped, 

 pointed ; size, 1 ; use, table ; quality, 1 ; flesh, nearly ten- 

 der, juicy, sweet, with an exceedingly richj. high flavor; 

 season, June. 



Eeharks.i — English. Of superior quality. Trees, grow 

 vigorously, with a rather drooping habit. Eecommended 

 by Messrs. Buchanan, Ernst, and Warder, for this vicinity. 



