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THE CHERRY. 
Fruit very large, roundish elongated. Skin a bright lively red, 
somewhat marbled and mottled. Suture distinctly marked by 
a line without any depression. Flesh tender, juicy, very slightly 
sub-acid and delicious. Ripe from the middle to the last of July. 
Vail’s August Duke. 
A very excellent late cherry, of the Duke class. Originated 
with Henry Vail, Esq., Troy, N. Y., and bids fair to rival many 
of its season. Tree very productive, and of vigorous growth. 
Fruit large, obtuse heart-shaped, regular in form. Stalk medium 
length, inserted in a rather deep but narrow cavity. Skin rich 
bright red on the shaded side, and of a lively cornelian red in 
the sun. Flesh tender, sub-acid, much like the Mayduke in 
flavour. Ripe the last week in July, and the first week or two 
in August. 
CLASS II. 
SECTION II. 
Comprises those of “ very good ” quality, some of which may 
prove “ best.” 
Carnation. Thomp. Lind. 
Wax Cherry. 
Crown. 
Cerise Nouvelle d’ Angle! erre, 
Cerise de Portugal, 
Grosse Cerise Rouge Pale, 
Griottier Rouge Pale, 
Griotte de Villennes. 
A very handsome, light red, large cherry, 
highly esteemed here for brandying and 
preserving. 
Fruit large, round. Skin at first yellow- 
of French 
gardens 
ac. to 
Thomp. 
ish white, mottled with red, but becoming 
a lively red slightly marbled. Stalk about 
an inch and a half long, stout. Flesh ten- 
der, a little more firm than most of this 
division, but juicy, and when fully ripe, of 
a sprightly and good sub-acid flavour. The 
foliage is pretty large, and the wood strong, 
but the tree has a spreading, rather low 
habit. It is a moderate but regular bearer, 
and the fruit hangs a long while on the 
branches, without decaying. Ripe the 
middle and last of July. 
Prince’s Duke is a very large variety of Carnation. 
this cherry, raised from a seed of it, by Mr. Prince, of Long 
Island. Its shy habit of bearing renders it of little value. 
