By Mr. Robert Thompson. 



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9. Werder's Early Black Heart. 

 Syn. Werdersche Friihe Schwarze Herz Kirsche. Hort. Cat. 

 No. 213. Trucks. Syst. 109. 



Branches spreading, of a dark brown colour, sprinkled with a grayish epidermis. Leaves 

 middle sized for this class of Cherries, oblong, waved, irregularly and coarsely serrated. 

 Veins beneath sharp and prominent. Petioles of medium length and thickness, with 

 generally two reniform glands. Flowers rather large, opening early. Petals thin, obo- 

 vate, slightly imbricated. Stamens slender, in general considerably shorter than the pis- 

 tillum. Fruit large, obtusely heart-shaped. Stalk about an inch and a half in length, 

 moderately strong. Skin shining black. Flesh purplish-red, firm, but juicy and rich. 

 Stone middle-sized, roundish ovate. 



A valuable sort, ripening as early as the middle of June in favour- 

 able situations. It may be distinguished from the Early Purple 

 Guigne by having shorter petioles, and also less pubescence upon 

 them. It ripens nearly as early as the sort just mentioned, and 

 much earlier than the May Duke. Being of good size and quality, 

 and considering the very high value that is set on early Cherries, it 

 is well deserving of cultivation. 



The Baron Truchsess had this sort in 1794 from Kronberg, to 

 which place it had been sent by Sello, one of the Royal Prussian 

 Gardeners. 



10. Early Purple Guigne. 

 Syn. Early Purple Guigne. Hort. Trans. 2nd Series, 1. 144, 

 t. 4. 



Early Purple Griotte. Hort. Cat. No. 108. 



Branches spreading, moderately strong, dark brown, sprinkled with a silvery epidermis. 

 Leaves middle-sized, oblong, drooping, with waved margins, unequally and rather coarsely 

 serrated ; the veins beneath small, but sharp and prominent. Petioles long, and rather 

 slender, dark red, with numerous scattered hairs, which are also found more abundant on 

 the midrib and veins of the under surface than usual. The glands upon the petioles are 

 large and reniform, generally two, but frequently more. Flowers early, large. Petals 

 oblong-oval, scarcely imbricated. Stamens slender, some of them longer than the pistillum. 

 Fruit of a good size, somewhat heart-shaped and compressed. Stalks long, of moderate 

 thickness. Skin shining dark purple when the fruit is well ripened. Flesh purplish, 



