CHERRIES. 269 



Merits of Cherries, decided upon at a Cherry Festival held at 



Cleveland, Ohio ; the best situation (on the Lahe) and soil for 



Cherries. 



Kirtland's Mart. Large, pale red, firm, first quality ; 

 a very pretty cherry. 



Governor Wood. New. A large, round, pale red, 

 Bweet, first quality ; a delicious cherry ; one of the very 

 best. 



Virginia May Duke. Small, heart-shaped, bright red, 

 second-rate. 



EocKPORT BiGARREAU. Large, handsome, bright red, 

 first-rate. 



Davenport's Early Black. Large, soft, black; sweet ; 

 very good. 



Cleveland Bigarreau. Large, bright red, first qual- 

 ity ; a great bearer. 



Louis Phillipe. New; Morello; large, dark red, 

 tart, rich. 



Gridley. Small, dark, second-rate. 



DowNTON. Pale red, solid, rich ; good. 



Belle de Choisy. Bound, red, soft, rich ; first rate. 



Madison Bigarreau. Medium size, bright red, soft, 

 sweet; second-rate. 



Manning's Mottled Bigarreau. Pale red; second- 

 rate. 



China Bigarreau. Small, pale red ; poor. 



Early White Heart. Medium, pale red, sweet, firm ; 

 good. 



Boyer's Early. Medium, etc., as above., 



Egbert's Eed. Medium. These three are very sim- 

 ilar, and suspected to be the same. 



Doctor. Above medium, red, firm, rich ; first quality. 

 •' June Duke. A tart variety of May Duke. 



Knight's Early Black. Dark, rich, soft; first qual- 

 ity. 



