CHERRIES. 



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YELLOW SPANISH. Tourn. Mil. For. 



This variety I believe to be at present extinct, as it is not 

 enumerated in any catalogue of the present day, not even in 

 that of the London Horticultural Society. To awaken re- 

 search, however, I mention it here, as it may be synonymous 

 with one of the French or German varieties bearing a different 

 title. It is described as being of an oval form and amber colour, 

 sweet and pleasant, but not of a rich flavour ; the tree an 

 indifferent bearer, and the fruit ripening in England in August, 

 which would make it a July cherry with us, our seasons being 

 a month earlier. 



LUKEWARD'S HEART. Pr. cat Lang. Lond. hort. oat. 



LuJceward, Mil. For. 



Miller and Forsyth describe this as a very good cherry, of 

 middle size, and of a dark brown or black colour. A fine 

 pleasant fruit and the tree a good bearer. It ripens in July. 



WHITE BIGARREAU. Pr. cat. 



White Ox Heart. \ Tradescant. Coxe. 

 Apple Cherry. Amber. Bigarreau blanc ? 

 Bigarreau commun ? Common French Bigarreau ? 

 Turkey Bigarreau ? HunnewelVs Favourite. 



This tree is of rather slow growth, and attains to a medium 

 size ; the fruit is heart-shaped, somewhat pointed, of a very 

 large size, and beautiful appearance 5 it is one of the most 

 firm cherries, and also sweet, and of an excellent flavour, being 

 among the most esteemed varieties; the skin is yellowish 

 white, tinged with red next the sun, and somewhat mottled. 

 The fruit ripens late in June or at the beginning of July. The 

 tree is rather more tender than other varieties generally, and 

 bears but indifferently, far less than many other excellent va- 

 rieties of the same class, which cannot fail to take precedence 

 of it as they become better known. 



