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Class I. Leaves waved on the margin. 

 § I. Fruit heart-shaped or oval, dark red or black. 

 1. Black Heart. 

 Syn, Black Heart. LangL Pom. t. 18, f. 5* Mill. Diet No. 8. 



Brooksh. Pom. Brit. 8, t. 7. Lindl. Guide, 149. Hort. 

 Soc. Cat. ed. 2, No. 44. 

 Spanish Black Heart. Hort. Cat. No. 49. 

 Guignier a Fruit Noir. ib. No. 122. Duham. 1. 158. t. 1, 

 f. 1. 



Grosse Guigne Noire. Mayer. Pom. Franc. 2. 31, t. 8. 

 Schwarze Tauben Herz. id. ibid. 



Grosse Schwarze Herz Kirsche. ib. Sickl. Teutsch. Obstg. 



4. 303, t. 15. Trucks. Kirsch. p. 142. 

 Early Black. 

 Black Caroon. 



Branches somewhat spreading. Shoots brownish, with a grayish epidermis. Leaves 

 rather large, oblong, waved, coarsely serrated. Petioles nearly two inches in length, having 

 generally two reniform glands near or upon the base of the leaf. Flowers middle-sized 

 for this class. Petals roundish, imbricated. Stamens generally shorter than the style. 

 Fruit tolerably large, heart-shaped, usually blunt at the apex, compressed on one side in 

 the direction of the suture. Stalk from an inch and a half to two inches in length. Skin 

 almost black. Flesh deep claret colour throughout, of a consistence between the hard 

 and soft kinds, parting from the stone, with however a small portion adhering. Toler- 

 ably juicy and rich. Stone large, roundish-ovate. 



The trees are good bearers, ripening in the beginning, or about 

 the middle of July. 



A well known and very old variety, which, on account of its good 

 bearing, may still deserve cultivation in Cherry orchards. As a wall 

 variety it will now be superseded by the Black Tartarian, and 



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