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CLASS I-HEAET CHERRIES. 



Fruit heart-shaped, with tender, s-vveet flesh. Trees of rapid groTvth, Tvith large 

 soft, drooping leaves. 

 AMERICAN" AMBER.— Medium size, amher, shaded and mottled with bright red; 



tender, juicy, sweet and delicious; hangs very long on tree without rotting. 



Tree remarkably vigorous and productive. End of June till July. 

 BLACK HEART. — An excellent old variety, rather large, black, tender, juicy and 



rich. Tree grows large and is very prolific. Beginning of July. 



KXiaHT'S EARLY BLACK CHERRY. 



The above dra-wing is from a specimen tree in our srronnds, aliout ten years old, on the Mahaleb stock 

 trained in pyiamidal form. We can recommend this mode of training; for all Garden Cherry Trees, as su- 

 perior in all res. ects to the old Standard form, requiring long ladders to reach theitop, either to prone or gath- 

 er the fruit. The trunk of tiie tree is always protected by the branches, and avoidsthe accidents and diseases, 

 which, in the Standard fonn, they never escape. jSTo trees in our grounds have been more admired during the 

 past seven or eight years than our Pyramid Cherries. The Mahaleb stock readily adapts itself to almost 

 every variety of soil, which the Mazzard cannot do. 



