THE CHERRY. 
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Mayduke. Mill. Thomp. Lind. 
Royale Hative, 
Cherry Duke, {of some,) 
Cerise Guigne, 
Coularde, 
De Hollande, 
D’Espagne, 
Griotte Grosse Noire, 
GriotteD’Espagnefo/some,) 
Griotte Precoce, {of some,) 
Holman’s Duke. 
Early Duke, 
Large Mayduke, 
Morris Duke, 
of various Morris’s Early Duke, 
- French Benham’s Fine Ear. D’ke, 
gardens. Thompson’s Duke, 
Portugal Duke, 
Buchanan’s Early Duke, 
Millett’s Late Heart Duke. 
ofvarious 
English 
► gardens 
ac. to 
Thomp 
This invaluable early cherry is one of the most popular sorts 
in all countries, thriving almost equally well in cold or warm 
climates. This, the Black Heart, and the Bigarreau, are the 
most extensively diffused of all the finer varieties in the United 
States. And among all the new varieties none has been found 
to supplant the Mayduke. Before it is fit 
for table use, it is admirably adapted for 
cooking ; and when fully ripe, it is, perhaps, 
the richest of the sub-acid cherries. In the 
gardens here, we bave noticed a peculiar 
habit of this tree of producing very fre- 
quently some branches which ripen much 
later than the others, thus protracting for 
a long time the period in which its fruit is 
in use. The Mayduke is remarkable for 
its upright, or, as it is called, fastigiate 
head, especially while the tree is young, in 
distinction to other sorts, which produce 
many lateral branches. 
Fruit roundish or obtuse heart-shaped, 
growing in clusters. Skin at first of a lively 
red, but when fully ripe of a rich dark red. 
Flesh reddish, tender and melting, very Mayduke. 
juicy, and at maturity, rich and excellent in flavour. This fruit 
is most frequently picked while it is yet red, and partially acid, 
and before it attains its proper colour or flavour. It begins to 
colour, about New York, in favourable seasons, the last of May, 
and ripens during the first half of June. 
Mayduke is said to be a corruption of Medoc , the province in 
France, where this variety (the type of all the class now called 
Dukes) is believed to have originated. 
Heine Hortense. 
Monstreuse de Bavay. Belle de Bavay. 
Lemercier. Seize a la Livre. 
French origin, of Duke habit. Tree a healthy and handsome 
grower, productive, and a very desirable variety. 
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