362 THE CHEEE*. 



There are several sorts known in this country as White Tar 

 tarian, differing from, and mostly superior to the genu- 

 ine, the best of which, considerably cultivated in Western 

 New- York, is of medium size or rather small, round- 

 heart-shaped, light pink in the shade, darker to the sun ; 

 flesh tender, with a sweet, excellent flavor ; a profuse 

 bearer ; growth rather slender, nearly erect. 



Section III. Fruit small. 

 Amber Gean. Small, obtuse heart-shaped, regular, pellu- 

 cid, pale yellow shaded with faint red, stalk long, slen- 

 der, flesh white, sweet, pleasant ; very productive ; late. 



Honey. (Syn. Late Honey, Yellow Honey, Large Honey.) 

 Small, roundish oval, yellowish marbled with red, becom- 

 ing deep amber red ; slalk long, slender, scarcely sunk ; 

 flesh tender, exceedingly sweet ; a second or third-rate 

 variety. Quite late. Very productive. 



Transparent Guigne. (Syn. Transparent Gean.) Rather 

 small, ovate, slightly heart-shaped, regular ; skin thin 

 glossy, pellucid, yellowish white, delicately blotched with 

 pale red ; suture distinct ; stalk rather long, slender, 

 slightly sunk; flesh high-flavored and fine, slightly bitter 

 before ripe. Season rather late. Growth becoming 

 spreading, tree productive. 



Class II. Bigarreau Cherries. 



Sub-Class I. Fruit Hack, dark red, or crimson. 



Section I. Fruit large. 



Large Heart-shaped Bigarreau. (Syn. Bigarreau Gros 

 Coeuret, Bigarreau Gros Monstreux.) Large, heart- 

 shaped, suture often a raised line ; surface yellow, with 

 red streaks, becoming blackish shining red ; cavity shal- 

 low; flesh firm, purplish, bitter, becoming fine and rich; 

 stone rather large. Late. French. Bare. 



Manning's Late Black. Large, roundish, skin deep purple 

 nearly black, flesh purplish, rather firm, moderately juicy 

 and sweet. Late. Origin, Salem, Mass. 



