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Remarks. — Foreign. Very prolific, and very early. 

 .Of good quality. 



DOWNTOIST. Color, pale cream, semi-transparent, j-ed 

 on one side, with delicate red dots ; form, nearly round- 

 ish ; size, 1 ; use, table ; quality, 1 ; flesh, adhering a little 

 to stone ; flavor, luscious and very rich ; season, June. 



KNIGHT'S BAELY BLACK. Color, dark purple, 

 becoming black ; form, irregular, obtuse heart-shaped ; 

 size, 1 ; use, dessert ; quality, 1 ; flesh, juicy, delicately 

 sweet, and of the highest flavor; season, a week earlier 

 than Black Tartarian. 



Remarks. — One of the very best of our early cherries. 



Black and Yellow German. Seedling, originated at 

 College Hill from seed brought from Germany. Consid- 

 ered by Mr. F. G. Cary of great merit and promise. 



CATAWISSA. Color, dark reddish, or dark crimson, 

 or nearly a purple when ripe, covered with a thick 

 bloom ; form, flattened ; size, 2 ; quality, 2 ; season, July, 

 and continues in use a long time. 



EEMARKS.^This is a new ever-bearing variety, similar 

 in growth to the Ohio Ever -bearing ; but it is more 

 tender and pulpy, and superior to the Ohio, which rather 

 lacks juice when compared to some others. The writer 

 eav^ specimens of this now fruit exhibited by Dr. "Warder, 

 at the United States Agricultural Society, at Louisville, 

 last Fall (1857), and also at the Ohio State Fair at 



