THE CHERRY. 



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Fruit large, roundish regular. Stalk rather short, stout, set in a 

 broad even regular cavity, usually grows in clusters. Skin rich dark, 

 almost purplish black red. Flesh red, tender, juicy, sprightly, mild 

 acid. Stone small. Very good or best. Middle to last July. 



Love Apple. 

 Tomato. 



A Cherry from Spain of the Duke class. 



Fruit large, roundish obtuse heart- shape, shallow sutures. Skin 

 clear red. Flesh pale, tender, juicy. Good. 



Mayduke. 



Royal e Hative. 



Cherry Duke of some. 



Cerise Guigne. 



Coularde. 



De Hollande. 



D'Espagne. 



Griotte Grosse Noire. 



Griotte d'Espagne of some. 



Griotte Precoce of some. 



Early Duke. 

 Large Mayduke. 

 Morris Duke. 

 Morris's Early Duke. 

 Benham's Fine Early Duke. 

 Thompson's Duke. 

 Portugal Duke. 

 Buchanan's Early Duke. 

 Millet's Late Heart Duke. 



This invaluable early Cherry is one of the 

 most popular sorts in all countries, thriving al- 

 most equally well in cold or warm climates. 

 This, the Black Heart, and the Bigarreau, are 

 the most extensively diffused of all the finer 

 varieties in the United States. And among all 

 the new varieties none has been found to sup- 

 plant the Mayduke. Before it is fit for table 

 use, it is admirably adapted for cooking, and 

 when fully ripe it is, perhaps, the richest of 

 the subacid Cherries. In the gardens here, we 

 have noticed a peculiar habit of this tree of 

 producing very frequently some branches which 

 ripen much later than the others, thus protract- 

 ing for a long time the period in which its fruit 

 is in use. The Mayduke is remarkable for its 

 upright, or, as it is called, fastigiate head, es- Mayduke. 

 pecially while the tree is young, in distinction 

 to other sorts, which produce many lateral branches. 



Fruit roundish or obtuse heart-shaped, growing in clusters. Skin at 

 first of a lively red, but when fully ripe of a rich dark red. Flesh red- 

 dish, tender, and melting, very juicy, and at maturity rich and excellent 

 in flavor. This fruit is most frequently picked while it is yet red, and 

 partially acid, and before it attains its proper color or flavor. It begins 

 to color, about New York, in favorable seasons, the last of May, and 

 ripens during the first half of June. 



Mayduke is said to be a corruption of Medoc, the province in France 

 where this variety (the type of all the class now called Dukes) is believed 

 to have originated. 



