THE CHERRY. 258 
market fruit, its size and productive habit of tree place it among 
the very best. Sea 
_ Fruit large, heart-shape, often obtuse, sides compressed, sur 
face uneven, colour dark purplish black, glossy. Flesh dark 
purple, half tender, almost firm, juicy, rich, sweet, fine flavour 
Season, from 20th June to 1st July. 
Brack Mazzarp. Thomp. Lind. 
Mazzard, re ‘ 
Common English, a 
Wild English Cherry, $2 American 
Black Honey, gardens, - 
Bristol Cherry. 
Cerasus ayium, Dec. 
Wild Black Fruited,) _ 
Small Wild Black, { of English 
Whixley Black,. gardens. 
Merry Cherry. . 
Merisier a petit fruit. 0. Duh. 
Merigier 4 petit fruit noir. page 
This is the wild species of Europe, being common in the 
forests of France and some parts of, England; and it has now 
become naturalized, and gtows~spontaneously throughout most 
portions of the settled states. -It' is the original species from 
which near'y all the fine Heart and other’ 
sweet cher-ies have sprung. It is small, g 
and of litt). value for eating, retaining, 
unless very vipe, a certain bitterness; but 
it ripens ard hangs on the tree until the 
middle or last of July, so that it then be- 
comes somewhat acceptable. _ ; 
Fruit small, roundish or oval heart- 
shaped, flattened a little on both -sides. 
‘Stalk long and very slender, inserted’in a 
sinall depression. Skin thin, and when- 
fully ripe, jet black. Flesh soft and melt- 
ing, purple, with an abundant, somewhat 
bitter juice 2 ti a 
The Wurtz Mazzanp, of Mr. Manning,~. 
is a séedling raised by that. pomologist, 
which differs little except in its colour. 
Buacx Eacuz. Thomp. Lind. 
A very excellent English variety, 
raised bythe daughter of Mr, Knight, at 
Downton ‘Castle, in 1806, from the seed 
of the Bigarreau fertilized by the May- 
duke. It ripens at the beginning of July or a few days later 
than the Black Tartarian. ne 
Black Eagle. 
