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CHERRIES. 



CHERRIES .—Cerisiers, 



50 CENTS EACH. 



The trefis of the Heart'and Bi^arreau classes (Prunus Cerasus) grow lofty and pyramidal, and produce sweet 

 "lwi.. xtie iree-s ui lue JJuice ana iviurallo classes (Prunus avuirn) arc oi" lower grovvth. more compact 

 form, and the branches more slender, the fruit sub-acid or acid; and they, being originally from a more 

 northern latitude, are the most hardy. 



Explanation of abbreviations. 



Color. — b. blackish ; d. dark ; p. pale ; r. red ; w. white ; y. yellow. 



JForm. — heart, heart-shaped ; obt. h. obtuse heart ; obi. h. oblong heart ; oval h. oval heart-shaped. 



Size. — 1, very large; 2, medium; 3, small. 



-Quality. — 1, first rate ; 2, second rate. 



"rexture. — ten. tender; h. len. between firm and tender. 



Season oj" maturity. — b. beginning; m. middle; e. end of the month designated. 

 . Remarks. — V. P. very productive; K. suitable for kitchen ; and all not so designated are table varieties. 



H EART CHERRIES. 



Name. 



1 Adam's Crown 

 *2 American Amber 



New Honey 

 *3 American heart 



Arden's white htart 



4 Black Eagle 



5 heart 



AnselVs black heart 



6 Black, heart, Early 



Provence, 75 da. 



Color. 



Form. 



p. r. r'nd h 

 d. pink obt- h, 



p. y. r. 



b. 

 b. 



8 Boyden's late 

 • 9 Bowyer's early heart 

 *10 Davenport's early 



NeiD Mayduke 

 *il Downer's Late Red 



12 Downton 



13 Early Amber heart, Rivers' 

 14 Purple Guigne 



Early Purple Griotte 

 15 Early red and yellow 

 16 red Pentecost, 75 ct$. 



G. Rouge de Pentecost 

 17 Early white Guigne, 75 cts. 

 *18 Edward's black 



19 Elton 



20 Florence 



21 Golden Guigne, 75 cts. 



Gui3:ne jaune 

 Yellow heart 



22 Graffion 



Yelloio Spanish 



Amber or Imperial, of Coxe 



Guigne Ambree 

 Bigarreau, of London Hor- 

 ticultural Society 



White Bigarreau, of Ken- 

 rick 



Turkey Bigarreau 



23 Hertfordshire Black 



Late Black heart 

 Bristol cherry 

 •24 Hyde's red heart 



25 Jackson 



26 Knight's early black 



27 Latest Red Guigne, 75 cts. 



O. rouge tres tardive 



28 Large Delicate, 75 cts. 



G. (I gros fruit mou 

 *29 Manning's early bl. heart 



*30 Early white 



♦31 Late black 



b. 



p.r.y. 

 b. 



r. w. 

 p, y. r, 

 y. r. 

 d. r. 



p. r. y. 

 d. r. 



p. r. 



b. 



p. y. r. 



y. r. 



golden 



p. y. r. 



r. 

 b. 

 b. 



obt. h. 



obt. h. 

 heart 



oval h. 



round 



obt. h. 

 heart 



round 

 obt h 

 heart 

 heart 



obt. h. 

 obt. h. 



heart 

 heart 

 obt. h. 



heart 

 obt. h 



obt. h, 



d. 



w. p.r, 

 b. 



obt. h, 



heart 

 obt. h. 

 obi. h. 

 oval h. 



oval h. 



heart 

 heart 

 round 



C3 



ten. 

 ten. 



h. ten. 



ten. 

 h. ten. 



ten. 



ten. 



ten. 



e. June 

 e. June 



m. June 



e. June; 

 m. June 



b. June 



m. June 



m. June 

 ten. jb. June 



h. ten. b. July 

 ten. 'b. July 

 ten. j June 

 ten. ,b. June 



ten. 



juicy 



ten. 'b. June 

 ten. I July 

 h. ten. e. June 



firm je. June 

 ten. 'e. June 



1 ten. e. June 



ten. 



h. ten. 

 ten. 

 firm 



ten. 



ten. 

 ten. 

 firm 



Remarks. 



V. P. Much esteemed. 

 V. P. Very beautiful, rich, sweet, excel- 

 lent. 



V. P Handsome, good, not high fla- 

 vored 



V. P. Honied, sweet, rich 



V. P. Excellent, valuable for market. 



V. P. Excellent, one week earlier than 



Black heart. 

 V. P. Ripens after No. 5. 

 R. M. 



V. P. Excellent, juicy. 

 V. P. Excellent. 



V. P. Handsome, honied, sweet. 

 V. P. Very rich flavor. 

 V. P. Excellent. 



V. P. Very valuable for earliness. 

 R. M. 



Early, flesh and juice dark red, luscious 



honied sweetness. 

 V. P. Very sweet, excellent. 

 Excellent. 



V. P. Very sweet, esteemed the richest 

 of all. 



Excellent, like No. 22, but later. 

 V, P. A very distinct fruit, beautiful 

 honied sweet, delicious, thin skin. 



V. P. Very large, splendid, excellent, 

 bears great crops, never cracks, but 

 when ripe is liable to rot if the wea- 

 theris rainy. It commands the high- 

 est price at market, and is the most 

 beautiful that is seen there. 



b. July V. P. Honied sweet, delicious, follows 

 No. 5. 



m. June 

 ,m. June 



b. July 

 m. June 

 e. July 



m. June 



b. Jun«' 



June 

 e. June 



R. M. Vigorous growth. 

 V. P. Splendid, excellent. 

 Large and fine. 



Be-irs moderately, ripens in succession, 

 firm. 



V. P. Very sweet, delicate, early as 



Black heart. 

 Excellent, R. M. 

 V. P. Excellent. 

 Estimable, R. M. 



