CHERRIES. 



Ill 



BLACK CARONE. Pr. cat. Lang. For. 



Corone. Lang. Lond. Hoit. cat. 

 Caroon» Coroun. 



This is a large and improved variety of the Black Mazzard, 

 which it resembles in form, colour, and general properties ; 

 the fruit ripens about the same time, and may be used for the 

 same purposes ; but its size renders it more suitable for the 

 dessert. The tree yields plentiful crops. 



LARGE DOUBLE FLOWERING. Pr. cat. Pr. hort. 



Cerasus avium, multiplex. Lond. Hort. Brit. 

 Prunus avium, fiore pleno, 

 Prunus cerasus, jlore pleno. 



Merisier afieurs doubles, Duh. Lond. Hort. cat. 



This variety is of the same species as the Heart Cherries, 

 and it consequently forms a large tree. In growth and foliage 

 it resembles the Mazzard and the Black Heart ; the flowers 

 are from one to one and a half inches in diameter, and are 

 composed of about forty perfectly white petals disposed in the 

 form of a rose, with about thirty stamens, and a very large 

 pistil which is abortive. These very double flowers are pro- 

 duced in great numbers, resembling clusters of small white 

 roses, and render the tree one of the greatest ornaments of 

 the garden ; and^^when it has acquired to a considerable size, 

 which its rapid growth enables it speedily to attain, the dis- 

 play of its great profusion of blossoms is peculiarly striking. 

 I have never yet known this tree to produce fruit. Its flowers 

 expand at about the same period as those of other cherrieSj 

 but continue for a longer period. 



EARLY GUIGNE. Auth. 



Guigne precoce. ^ J)\x\i 



Guigne de la Pentecote. \ 



This fruit begins to ripen at the end of the month of May ; 

 it is then small, whitish tinged with light red, and almost de- 

 void of flavour ; but, as it is one of the earliest varieties, it is 

 esteemed as an appendage to the desert. About the middle of 



