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Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue ok 
Sparhawk’s Honey — Medium, red ; a very sweet and melting variety ; ripens late and 
will hang for some time on the tree ; productive. June. 
Yellow Spanish — Large, pule yellow, with red cheek; firm, juicy and excellent; one 
of the best light colored cherries ; productive. June. 
Windsor — Originated in Canada ; fruit large liver colored ; flesh remarkably firm, 
sweet and of fine quality. Tree hardy and very prolific. 
DUKE AND MORELLO CHERRIES. 
These are for the most part, round shaped ; fruit generally acid, though some varie- 
ties have a very mild, pleasant flavor. The trees are naturally of a smaller growth than 
the preceding class, and well adapted for Dwarfs or Pyramids. The Morellos are more 
slender and spreading in habits than the Dukes, which are of stocky, upright growth. 
Both are more hardy than the Hearts and Bigarreaus, and in demand where the former 
cannot be grown with advantage. 
Belle de Choisy — Medium, amber mottled with red ; tender, juicy, sweet and rich. June. 
Belle Magnifique — Fruit large, roundish; skin bright red; flesh tender, juicy, sprightly, 
sub-acid ; oue of the finest of this class of cherries. Tree hardy and very produc- 
tive. July. 
Dyehouse — Partakes of both the Duke and Morello in wood and fruit ; a very early and 
sure bearer ; ripens a week before Early Richmond, of better quality, and quite as 
productive. J tine. 
Empress Eugenie — Fruit large, dark red, very rich, tender and sub-acid. A superior 
variety. J uly. 
English Morello— Medium to large ; blackish rod, rich, acid, juicy and good ; very 
productive. August. 
Early Richmond — (Kentish Virginian May) — Medium size, dark red; melting, juicy 
sprightly acid flavor. This is one of the most valuable and popular of the acid cher- 
ries, is unsurpassed for cooking purposes, and is exceedingly productive. June. 
Late Duke — Large, light red ; late and fine. July. 
Large Montmorency— A large, red, acid cherry, larger than Early Richmond, and 
fully ten days later. June. 
Louis Phillippe — Very productive; fruit large, roundish, regular; color, rich dark, 
almost purplish black red; flesh red, tender, sprightly; mild acid; good to best. July. 
Leib — A .Morello, one week later than Early Richmond, and claimed to be very superior. 
May Duke — Large, dark red, juicy and rich; and old excellent variety; productive. June. 
Olivet— Of French origin. Large, globular, very shining, deep red sort ; flesh red, 
tender, rich and vigorous ; very sweet, sub-acid flavor. June. 
Ostheim— A hardy cherry, from Russia. It has been tested in the severest winters of 
Minnesota and has been found perfectly hardy. Fruit large, roundish, ovate ; skin 
red, dark at maturity ; stalk long ; flesh liver-colored, tender, juicy, almost sweet. 
Reine Hortense — Very fine; large, bright red; juicy and delicious, and productive. 
July. 
Wragg — Supposed to hail from North Germany, very hardy. The tree is a good 
grower and an immense bearer ; fruit a dark liver color, juicy and rich. 
JSIectariHes. 
A most delicious, smooth-skinned fruit, which thrives wherever peaches will grow, 
but it is liable to be stung by the eurculio, and requires the same treatment as plums. 
Boston — Large, deep yellow, with a bright blush and mottlings of red ; sweet and a 
peculiar, pleasant flavor ; freestone ; the largest and most beautiful variety known ; 
hardy and productive. September. 
Early Violet — Medium sized, yellowish green, nearly covered with dark purplish red ; 
juicy, rich and high flavored. August. 
Early Newington — Large, pale green, nearly covered with blotches of red; juicy, rich 
and sweet ; probably the best clingstone Nectarine. September. 
Elruge — Medium size, pale green, with a dark red cheek ; flesh pale green, very juicy 
and rich. September. 
Hunt’s Tawney — Medium; pale orange; juicy, rich and excellent; very early and 
productive ; the best of its season, and worthy of general cultivation on account of 
its hardiness ; freestone. August. 
Pitmaston Orange — Fruit large ; skin rich orange yellow, with brownish red cheek ; 
flesh deep yellow, red at the stone ; melting, juicy and rich ; fine flavor, freestone. 
Red Roman— Large size, greenish yellow, with a dark, dull red cheek ; flesh yellowish, 
fine and rich ; productive. September. 
