256 Uepwt upon the Varieties of the Cherry, 



Ronalds's Large Black Heart. Forsyth, 79. 

 Black Circassian. Hooker, Pom. Lond. t. 31. 

 Fraser's Tartarische Herz Kirsche. 



Fraser's Tartarische Schwarze Herz Kirsche. Trucks. Syst. 

 130. 



Tree vigorous, spreading when grown up. Young shoots erect, with short joints and 

 a whitish epidermis. Leaves large, oblong, acuminate, waved on the margin, rather 

 coarsely serrated; veins beneath prominent. Petioles strong, upwards of two inches in 

 length, with very large reniform glands. Flowers large. Petals roundish oval, concave 

 and imbricating each other. Stamens shorter than the styles. Fruit very large, obtuse 

 heart- shaped, with an uneven surface when the fruit is very ripe. Stalk rather strong, 

 and about an inch and half or two inches in length. Flesh purplish, tolerably tender, 

 juicy and rich. Stone middle-sized, roundish-ovate. 



Ripens on a south wall in the end of June; on other as- 

 pects it may be in perfection as late as the end of July or begin- 

 ning of August. In favourable situations it will succeed as a 

 standard. 



This excellent variety, together with the White Tartarian, is 

 generally admitted to have been brought to this country from 

 Russia by the late Mr. John Fraser of Sloane-square, Chelsea. 

 He purchased them from a German, who cultivated them in a 

 garden near St. Petersburgh. Mr. Fraser afterwards saw them in 

 the Imperial Gardens, where they were successfully cultivated 

 in pots. 



In the account given of this sort in the Pomona Londinensis, it 

 is stated to have been introduced from Circassia, by Mr. Hugh 

 Ronalds of Brentford, in 1794, which is two years previous to the 

 introduction of it by Mr. Fraser. It is also said to have originated 

 in Spain, whence it was transmitted to the Russian Gardens, and 

 through them to England. 



