THE CHERRY. 
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Guigne Noir Luisante. 
Black Spanish. 
Fruit medium size, round heart-shaped, glossy, blackish red. 
Flesh reddish purple, tender, juicy, rich, acid. Ripe middle to 
last of July. 
Imperial Morello. 
A productive and early bearing variety. Fruit medium size, 
roundish, dark purplish red. Flesh tender, juicy, acid. Last of 
July. 
Late Kentish. 
Common Red, 
Pie Cherry, 
Common Sour Cherry, 
Kentish Red, 
Kentish. 
of American 
gardens. 
This cherry, a variety of the Kentish, is better known among 
us than any other acid cherry. 
It is emphatically the Pie Cherry of this country, being more 
generally grown than any other sort. 
Fruit medium, round, flattened. Skin deep lively red, when 
fully ripe. Flesh very tender, and abounding with a highly acid 
juice. Ripens middle July. 
Louis Phillip. Elliott. 
A Morello, from France. Fruit medium, roundish, dark red. 
Flesh red, juicy, tender, acid. Middle of July. 
Rumsey’s Late Morello. 
Origin unknown. Tree moderately vigorous, with unusually 
light coloured wood and leaves. Ripens gradually through Au- 
gust and September. Not of much value except to the curious 
amateur. 
Fruit large, roundish heart-shaped. Colour, rich lively red. 
Flesh juicy, with too much acid for the table. 
ORNAMENTAL VARIETIES. 
Large Double Flowering. 
Double French Cherry. 
Merisier a Fleurs Doubles. Thomp. Duh. 
Prunus cerasus pleno. 
Cerasus sylvestris, flore pleno. Arb. Brit. 
The double blossomed cherry bears no fruit, but whoever ad» 
