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FRUIT GARDEN. 



Bigarreau, new large black. — Size large ; form 

 obtuse heart-shaped ; colour quite black and 

 glossy at maturity; flavour rich and luscious, 

 more juicy than the rest of the Black bigarreaus. 

 The fruit is quite as large as the Black Tartarian, 

 and ripens among the latest varieties. 



Black eagle. — Size above medium ; form ob- 

 late heart-shaped ; colour glossy black ; quality 

 first-rate. Ripens beginning of July. Tree 

 hardy and a good bearer. This very excellent 

 cherry was raised by the daughter of Mr Knight, 

 of Downton Castle, in 1806, from the seed of 

 the Bigarreau, fertilised by the May duke. 



Black heart. — Size rather above medium ; form 

 heart-shaped ; colour glossy black. Ripens the 

 beginning of July. Tree hardy, very liable to 

 the attacks of aphides just as the fruit is ripen- 

 ing. This very old variety is an abundant 

 bearer, and well known. Synonyms — Early 

 black, a title to which it has no claim, Black 

 caroon of some, Black caroon gean, Spanish black 

 heart, Ansell's fine black, Black Russian of some 

 American gardens. 



Black heart, Manning's early.— In no respect 

 different from the last, except in its ripening ten 

 days earlier, about the same time with, or even a 

 little before, the May duke, which to some may 

 be a merit. A seedling from the Black heart, 

 raised by Mr Manning, a celebrated American 

 pomological writer. 



Black heart, Buttner's. — Size medium ; form 

 heart-shaped ; colour glossy black. Ripens in July. 

 A very abundant bearer, and although marked by 

 Mr Thompson as a second-rate fruit, is worthy of 

 extensive cultivation. Of German origin. 



Black heart, Werders early.— Size large ; form 

 heart-shaped ; colour black. Ripens beginning 

 of June. Tree hardy and a good bearer. A 

 good cherry, and valuable for its earliness. Syno- 

 nym — Werders Early black. Also of German 

 origin. 



Bowyer's early heart. — Size rather below 

 medium ; form heart-shaped ; colour amber, 

 mottled with red. Ripens early in July. An 

 excellent middle-sized early cherry. 



Buttner's October morello. — Size medium; form 

 round; colour dark red. Ripens in October, 

 and hangs on the tree during November. The 

 latest of all cherries. Tree hardy and an ex- 

 cellent bearer. Raised at Halle, in Germany, 

 and worthy of extensive cultivation. 



Buttner's yellow. — Size medium ; form round- 

 ish ; colour pale yellow. Ripens in July. Tree 

 hardy and an excellent bearer. Also of German 

 origin, and one of the few cherries entirely yellow. 



Downton. — Size above medium; form round 

 heart-shaped ; colour pale yellowish red, nearly 

 semi-transparent. Ripens beginning of July. 

 An excellent bearer, and in richness scarcely in- 

 ferior to the Elton. Raised by Mr Knight, of 

 Downton Castle, from the seed, it is believed, of 

 the Elton. 



Downers late. — Size medium ; form roundish, 

 inclining to oval ; colour soft, but lively red, 

 mottled with a little amber in the shade. Ripens 

 beginning of August. Tree hardy, a regular and 

 great bearer, the fruit hanging on long after it is 

 ripe. Raised in the neighbourhood of Boston, 

 United States. A very valuable late cherry. 



Duke, late. — Size large ; form obtuse heart- 

 shaped; colour dark red. Ripens end of August. 

 Tree hardy ; great bearer as a standard ; valu- 

 able for its late ripening, and hangs very long 

 on the tree ; juice very abundant, but not so 

 sweet as the May duke. Must not be mistaken 

 for the Archduke {which see). Branches slender, 

 more resembling in growth the Morello than 

 any of the Duke family. Synonym — Anglaise 

 tardive. 



Elton. — Size large; form heart-shaped; colour 

 pale yellowish red. Ripens beginning of July. 

 Tree hardy, and a great bearer, esteemed the 

 richest of all cherries. Raised in 1806 by Mr 

 Knight, of Downton Castle, between the Bigar- 

 reau and the White heart for its male parent. 



Florence. — Size large; form heart-shaped; 

 colour pale yellowish red. Ripens end of July. 

 An excellent cherry like the Bigarreau, but 

 ripens considerably later, and hangs much longer 

 on the tree. Introduced originally from Flo- 

 rence, and succeeds well on the Mahaleb stock. 



Jeffrey's duke. — Size medium ; form round ; 

 colour red. Ripens beginning of July. Tree 

 hardy, compact grower, not very vigorous in 

 growth ; an excellent bearer. Synonyms — 

 Jeffrey's royal, Cherry duke, Royale, Royale ordi- 

 naire, or Cerise royale of the French gardens, 

 Jeffrey s royal caroon. This is probably the 

 Royal Kensington duke of Rogers, cultivated by 

 Jeffrey, the proprietor at one time of the Bromp- 

 ton Nursery, and successor to London & Wise, 

 who at that early period introduced it from 

 France. 



Kentish. — Size medium ; form round ; colour 

 red. Ripens end of July. Tree extremely hardy, 

 even as a standard in most parts of Scotland. 

 " Good bearer ; the stone may be drawn out by 

 the stalk, so strongly are these attached ; the 

 fruit may then be dried in the sun or in an 

 oven." One of the most valuable of kitchen 

 or preserving cherries. Thought to have been 

 introduced from Flanders in the time of Henry 

 VIII. Very extensively grown in Kent for the 

 London markets, and largely imported from the 

 Continent. Synonyms — Common red, Flemish 

 of some, Kentish red, Sussex, Virginian May, 

 Pie cherry, Early Richmond, De Montmorency, 

 Muscat de Prague. 



Kentish late. — Very similar to the last in ap- 

 pearance, but possessing the merit of ripening 

 two weeks later. Of its history little appears to 

 be known, farther than it is believed to be a 

 seedling from the Kentish raised in America. 

 It is better known and more abundantly culti- 

 vated on the Hudson and about New York than 

 any other sort. It is there grown along the 

 fences and road-sides, propagating itself by seeds 

 and suckers. 



Knight' 's early black. — Size large ; form oblate 

 heart-shaped ; colour black. Ripens early in 

 June ; quality excellent ; fruit early and fine. 

 Tree hardy and an excellent bearer, somewhat 

 resembling the Black Tartarian, but more ob- 

 tuse in form. Raised by Mr Knight between 

 the Bigarreau and the May duke somewhere 

 about 1810. 



May duke.— Size medium ; form oblate heart- 

 shaped; colour red; ripens end of June. This 



