46 TREATISE ON THE CULTURE AND 



Cherries belong to the twelfth clafs of Linnaeus's Syftem ; 

 Icofandria Monogynia. 



A Short Description of the principal Cherries cultivated 



in England. 



1 . The fmall May Cherry is the firft ripe, and requires a 

 good wall. One or two trees of this kind may be fufficient 

 for a large garden. It is ripe in June. 



2. The May Duke comes in about the fame time as the 

 former, but is larger : it is an excellent Cherry, and bears 

 well againft a wall. 



3. The Archduke, if permitted to ripen properly, is an ex- 

 cellent Cherry. It is ripe in June and July. 



4. The Hertfordfhire Cherry is a fort of Heart, but firmer 

 and of a finer flavour than Hearts in general. It does not 

 ripen till the latter end of July, or beginning of Auguft, 

 which renders it the more valuable, as it fucceeds more early 

 Cherries. 



5. The Bleeding Heart, or Gafcoign's, is a very large Cherry 

 of a long form, and dark colour ; it has a pleafant tafte, and 

 ripens in the latter end of July. 



6. Harrifon's Heart is a fine Cherrv. It was introduced 



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from the Eaft Indies by Governor Harrifon *, grandfather to 

 the prefent Earl of Leicefter, and firft cultivated at his feat 

 of Balls in Hertfordfhire : fome of the trees, I am informed, 

 he prefented to George the Firft ; and they are at this time in 



* Governor Harrifon went out Governor of Fort St. George in December 1710, and 

 returned home in 1 7 19 ; and it is probable that he brought this Cherry home with him ; 

 if fo, fome of thefe trees in Kenfington Gardens mufi: be upwards of eighty years old. 



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