By Mr, Robert Thompson. 



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It has been observed that although the flesh of this and other sorts 

 in the same section is sweet, yet the birds do not readily attack the 

 fruit, owing either to its colour being so much like that of the leaves ; 

 or to the fruit having always the appearance of being unripe at 

 some distance. 



Said to be a native of the Crimea, and to have been introduced 

 to this country from Russia by the late Mr. John Fraser, along 

 with the Black Tartarian. The Ambree a Petit Fruit is pro- 

 bably the same ; at least a tree received from Paris with that name 

 proved so. 



35. Lady Southampton's Yellow. 

 Syn. Lady Southampton's Yellow. Hort, Cat. No. 152. 

 Lady Southampton's Duke. 

 Lady Southampton's Golden Drop. 

 Yellow, or Golden. 

 This sort has been considered the same as the White Tartarian ; 

 it is however quite distinct from it. The leaves are of a paler 

 yellowish green; the flowers open earlier, but the fruit ripens 

 later; the flesh is firmer and less transparent. Its flavour is but 

 indifferent. This variety is therefore unworthy of cultivation, espe- 

 cially as a much better substitute is now known in the following sort. 



36. Buttner's Yellow. 

 Syn. Buttner's Wachs Knorpel Kirsche. Hort Cat. No. 62. 

 Buttner's Gelbe Knorpel Kirsche. Trucks. Syst. 361. 



Branches spreading. Leaves rather small, oblong, sharply serrated, waved on the 

 margin, of thin texture, on slender petioles with two roundish-reniform yellowish glands 

 situate at or near the base of the leaf. Flowers early, middle-sized. Tetals inclining to 

 obovate, slightly imbricated. Stamens irregular in length, generally shorter than the 

 pistillum. Fruit middle-sized, being nearly as large as the May Duke, roundish heart- 

 shaped, slightly compressed ; the apex blunt and somewhat depressed. Stalk of medium 

 thickness, about an inch and half in length. Skin of a uniform, clear, waxy, yellowish- 

 white. Flesh of nearly the same colour, firm, but juicy, sweet and rich. Stone middle- 

 sized, roundish-ovate. 



