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CHERRIES. 



ture, is of a very dark red colour, and of large size, often 

 measuring two and a half inches at its greatest circumference, 

 by nearly nine lines in height ; it is compressed at both ends ; 

 the peduncle is rather long ; the flesh is white, with a slight 

 tinge of red when very ripe ; tender, melting, very juicy, 

 and high flavoured, with a partial and highly pleasant acidity. 

 Duhamel states that there is a small leaflet on the peduncle. 

 I do not recollect noticing that point ; but it may be so. This 

 variety is one of the most productive, the crops being very 

 abundant. It usually attains its red colour during the last days 

 of May, and perfects its maturity early in June. One peculiari- 

 ty of this tree is, that there are almost invariably a few branches, 

 whose fruit is quite green when the other part is ripe, and 

 which does not come to maturity until two or three weeks later. 

 I think Mr. Coxe labours under a mistake when he states that 

 there are " several varieties." I have never known but one. 



LATE DUKE. Pr. cat. Pom. mag. For. 



Cerise Royale. Cherry Duke. Duh. 



Cerise Angloise tardive. Bon. Jard Lend. Hort. cat. 



Royale tardif. Bon. Jard. | Kolsmanduc. 



June Duke 1 



I copy the following remarks and description from the 

 Pomological Magazine : 



" Though this cherry is only known to us through the 

 French gardeners, yet its name is evidence of its English origin. 

 We have not, however, been able to discover it in cultivation 

 in any of our own gardens, except that of the Horticultural 

 Society, where the drawing was made, in the present year, 

 from fruit produced on a tree received from Paris. 



"Our old writers of authority, Switzer and Hitt, mention 

 a Late May Duke, or Late Duke Cherry, which is probably 

 the one before us ; but these names, although now to be found 

 in the nurseries, are certainly there applied to trees in no re- 

 spect diflerent from the original May Duke. We have con- 

 sequently given the name of Late Duke to the present variety, 

 as being perfectly appropriate. The fruit ripens, on a standard, 



