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not ripen till the latter end of July, or beginning of August^ 

 which renders it the more valuable, as it succeeds more early 

 cherries. 



5. The Bleeding Heart, or Gascoign's, is a very large 

 cherry of a long form, and dark colour ; it has a pleasant taste^ 

 and ripens in the latter end of July. 



6. Harrison's Heart is a fine Cherry. It was introduced 

 from the East Indies by Governor Harrison^, grandfather to 

 the present Earl of Leicester, and first cultivated at his seat 

 of Balls in Hertfordshire : Some of the trees, I am informed, 

 he presented to George the First ; and they are at this time in 

 a flourishing state, bearing fine fruit, in Kensington Gardens. 

 This Cherry is ripe in July and August. 



7. The Black Heart is a fine Cherry^ too well known to 

 require description. 



8. The Morello, or Milan Cherry, is a very fine fruit 

 when kept till the month of October, and makes a very great 

 addition to the dessert at that time of the year. This is the 

 best Cherry that we have for preserving, and for making Cher- 

 ry-Brandy. 



9. The Carnation take its name from its colour, being red 

 and white. It is a large round Cherry, but not so sweet as the 

 Duke Cherry. It ripens in the latter end of July. 



10. I'he yellow Spanish Cherr}^ is of an oval shape and 

 amber colour, and is a sweet pleasant fruit. It is ripe in Au- 

 gust and September. 



11. The Corone, or Coroun Cherry, resembles the Black 

 Heart. This is an excellent fruit, and a good bearer. It 

 ripens about the beginning of August. 



12. The Luke ward comes in soon after the former, and is 

 also a fine pleasant fruit, and a good bearer. It ripens in the 

 beginning of August. 



13. The Graffion. This is supposed by many to be the 

 same with Harrison's Heart ; but upon a close examination, I 

 find it to be a different cherry : Its flesh is firmer and the 

 stone flatter. It ripens in July and August. 



14. Ronald's Large Black Heart Cherry, introduced into 

 this country in the year 1794 from Circassia. Mr. Ronalds, 

 nurseryman at Brentford, and the only person, to the best of 

 my knowledge, who has cultivated it in England, sent me 

 some of the fruit this summer, 1801. It is a fine large cher- 



* Governor Harrison went out Governor of Fort St. George in Decem- 

 ber 1710, and returned home in 1719; and it is probaMe that he brought 

 this cherry home with him; if so, some of these trees in Kensington Gardens 

 must be upwards of eighty years old. 



