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CLASS II.— BIGARREAU CHERRIES. 



These are chiefly distinguislied from the preceding class by their firmer flesh. 

 Their growth is vigorous, branches spreading, and foliage luxuriant, soft and drooping. 

 BIGARREAU X<)IR HATIF, {Early Black Bigarreau.)—yiQ(\hxm size, jet black, 



sweet, rich, fine. Tree fair, erect grower, and good bearer. Follows Early 



Purple. 

 AMERICAIST HEART.— A fine, half tender, light red and white ch,erry. Tree very 



productive ; spreading. Early, succeedinglhe White Heart. 

 BIGARREAU, OR YELLOW SPANISH.— Large, pale yellow with a bright red 



cheek in the sun ; flesh firm, juicy and delicious ; one of the best, most beautiful 



and popular of all light colored cherries. Tree vigorous and productive. End 



of June. 

 BUTTNER'S YELLOW.— Medium size, pale yellow, flesh crisp, juicy and sweet. 



Tree vigorous and productive. Its peculia'r and beautiful color makes this sort 



desirable. End of July. 

 BLACK HAWK, {Dr. XzV^kM.)— A large, firm, black cherry, resembling the Black 



Eagle, but earlier, and much firmer. ISTew. 

 CLEVELAND BIGARREAU, (Dr, JTiV^fe/id)— Large, clear red and yellow, juicy, 



sweet and rich. Tree fine grower, spreading and productive. Early. 

 GRIDLEY, OR APPLE CHERRY.— Medium size, dark broAvn, nearly black, flesh 



very firm, sprightly, sub-acid, high flavored. Tree grows rapidly and erect, and 



bears immense crops. Its firmness and lateness make it very valuable for market. 



Mddle to last of July. 

 GREAT BIGARREAU.— A very large, beautifiil, dark cherry, resembling Black 



Tartarian, but larger and firmer, and a few days later. Origin uncertain. We 



think it identical with Monstrueuse de Mezel. 



HOYEY. — Yery large, amber and red, beautiful and excellent. Tree vigorous and 



productive. July. 

 MONSTRUEUSE DE MEZEL.— A French variety, very large, dark brown, firm. 



Tree vigorous, spreading, irregular. Late ; middle of July. 

 :MADIS0N BIGARREAU.— Medium size, amber, covered vdth red in the sim, flesh 



half tender, sweet and fine flavored. End of June and beginning of July. 

 MERYEILLE DE SEPT.— A French cherry, remarkable for its lateness. Ripens 



with us the last of August. Tree a vigorous grower and good bearer. Fruit 



small, dark red, firm, rather dry and sweet; latest of the sweet cherries. 

 NAPOLEON BIGARREAU.— A magnificent cherry of the largest size ; pale yeUow, 



with a bright red cheek, flesh very firm, juicy and sweet. Tree is a vigorous 



grower and bears enormous crops. Beginning of July. 

 ROcTs:PORT BIGARREAU, {Dr. Kirtland.)— Large, pale amber in the shade, 



light red in the sun, half tender, sweet and good. Tree remarkably vigorous, 



erect and beautiful. Ripe same time as Black Tartarian. 

 TRADESCANT'S BLACK HEART, (^/.-/iw'n.)— Yery large, black, very firm, juicy 



and good. Tree vigorous and upright, with peculiar gray bark. A great bearer, 



and so late as to be very valuable. Middle and last of July. 



CLASS III.-DUKE AND MORELLO CHERRIES. 



These two classes of Cherries are very distinct from the preceding. The trees are 

 of smaller size, and grow more slowly ; the leaves' are thicker and more erect, and of 

 a deeper green. The fruit is generally round, and in color vaiying from light red, 

 like Belle'de Choisy, to dark brown, like May Duke or Morello. 



The Dukes have stout, erect branches usually, and some of them, like Belle de 

 Choisy and Reine Hortense, quite sweet, while the ]Morellos have slender, spreading 

 branches and acid fruit invariably. These two classes are peculiarly appropriate for 

 Dwarfs and Pyramids, on the Mahaleb stock, and their hardiness renders them well 

 worthy of attention in localities where the Heart and Bigarreaus are too tender. 



