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given of it in their Taschenbuch. It is also stated to be an abundant 

 bearer, and not liable to be injured by frost in spring. Longer ex- 

 perience, however, is necessary for ascertaining its proper estimation 

 in this country, in regard to its superior hardiness and bearing. 



48. Cerise de Soissons. 

 Syn. Cerise de Soissons. Baum. Taschenb. 452. Hort. Cat. No. 197. 



Branches erect. Leaves elliptical, flat, not deeply serrated. Petioles short and mo- 

 derately strong. Flowers early. Petals oval, narrow. Fruit in shape and size like the 

 Kentish, but differs in the flesh being red, firmer, and less acid, approaching more to the 

 May Duke, to which however it is inferior. 



Ripens in the middle and end of July, and bears tolerably well. 



§ XIII. Fruit round or oblate, flesh acid, juice pale. 

 49. Kentish. 



Syn. Kentish. Mill. Diet. No. 1. Brooksh. Pomon. 10, t. 12. 

 Hort. Cat. No. 146, with the following Syn. 

 Cerisier Muscat de Prague. Hort. Cat. No. 176. 

 Virginian May, of American Collections. 

 Early Richmond, ib. 

 Kentish Red. ib. 

 Pie Cherry, ib. 

 Flemish, (of many) 

 Common Red. 

 Sussex. 



Cerise de Montmorency. 

 Montmorency a Longue Queue. 

 Commune a trochet, (of some.) 



Trees with slender drooping shoots. Leaves rather small, oval, acuminate, not deeply 

 serrated, bright shining green, veins beneath very flat towards the margin. Petioles short, 

 purplish red, and furnished with two or more yellowish globose glands. Flowers middle 



