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CHERRIES. 



KNIGHT'S EARLY BLACK. Pr. cat. Pom. mag. 



HORT. TRANS. LoND. HORT. CAT. 



I copy the following remarks and description from the Po- 

 mological Magazine : 



" If we are called upon to state specifically the difference 

 between this and the Black Tartarian Cherry, we should cer- 

 tainly be unable to do so ; but, at the same time, we should 

 not be the less of opinion that they were distinct. It is well 

 known to fruit-growers, that slight shades of difference, fleet- 

 ing characters which words are unequal to express, often alone 

 distinguish varieties materially different from each other as 

 objects of cultivation. In figure, size, colour, and flavour, 

 this is nearly identical with the Black Tartarian, but it has the 

 rare merit of ripening earlier : on a south aspect it will be ripe 

 even earlier than the May Duke. The beauty of the fruit 

 renders it particularly interesting, and its flavour is equal 

 to that of most cherries. This was raised by Mr. Knight, 

 about 1810, from seed of the Graflion impregnated by the May 

 Duke ; the same parentage as the Black Eagle and the Wa- 

 terloo ; the branches are spreading, brown with a grayish cu- 

 ticle ; leaves oblong, pendulous, nearly flat, of thin texture, with 

 unusually prominent veins beneath ; flowers middle-sized ; 

 petals somewhat imbricated ; fruit large, blunt, heart-shaped, 

 with an uneven surface like that of the Black Tartarian, but 

 it is less pointed, and has a thicker, shorter stalk, which is 

 rather deeply inserted ; skin nearly black, shining ; flesh firm, 

 juicy, very deep purple, rich and sweet ; stone small for the 

 size of the fruit, and nearly round." 



BLEEDING HEART. Pr. cat. Lang, Law. Mh, 



LoND. HORT. CAT. CoXE. 



Ox Heart. Coxe ? 

 This is one of the largest and most beautiful cherries ; its 

 form is a very long heart-shape, terminating in a point ; the 

 skin of a fine dark red colour, and its flesh very high flavoured, 

 and delicious, perhaps none more so ; the stone is also oblong. 

 Some of the largest cherry trees I have ever seen, were of 



