Of TREES, SHRUBS, PLANTS, FLOWERS, and FRUITS. 
0 / the Fruit ; ripening from May to September. 
Early fmall May Cherry—a fmal!, 
round, red Cherry, valued ojily prin¬ 
cipally for its early maturity, as be¬ 
ing the fir ft ripe: the middle and end 
of May. 
Early May Duke Cherry—a larger, 
fine, round, red fruit, ripening of a 
dark-red colour, and good flavour; 
the end of May, or moflly in June. 
Arch-Duke Cherry — a large, mod 
fine, round, red Cherry, ripening of a 
deep-red colour, excellent when fully 
ripe; the middle or end of June, and 
in July till Augufl. 
White-Heart Cherry — a middle-fize, 
roundifh-heart-fhape fruit, of a whi- 
tifh-yellow, and pale-red colour 
June and July. 
Black-Heart Cherry — a middle-fize> 
roundifh-heart-fhape, black-rec^fruit; 
June and July. 
Kentifh, or common red Cherry—a 
middling-fize, round, red fruit, very 
juicy, of a fharp, acid flavour, pro¬ 
fitable for general or common ufe; 
the trees generally plentiful bearers; 
June, July, and Augufl. 
Hertfordfhire-Heart Cherry—a larger, 
fine, roundiih-oval, red fruit, firm 
and good flavoured; the middle or 
end of July, till Augufl. 
Large Spanifh Cherry—a large, fine, 
round, red fruit, ripening of a deep- 
red colour; the middle and end of 
June, till July. 
Amber-Heart Cherry—a large, round- 
ifh-heart-fhape fruit, yellowifh-am- 
ber-coloured, firm, and well flavour¬ 
ed, July and Augufl^ 
Ox-Heart Cherry—a mod large, round- 
ifh-heart-form, red fruit, flefhy and 
well-tafted; July and Augufl. 
Bleeding-Heart Cherry—a middling,, 
roundiih-hearted, dark-red fruit, of¬ 
ten having a red drop at the end ; 
July and Augufl. 
Bigeroon, or Harrifon’s Duke or Heart 
Cherry—a fine large, roundifh-heart- 
ed, beautiful red fruit, moft excel¬ 
lent; July to Augufl. * 
Lukeward Cherry — a largifh, fine, 
roundifh, black-red fruit, of a rich, 
good, flavour; July to Augufl. 
Carnation Cherry—a large, roundifh- 
oval fruit, reddifh and whitifh-yel- 
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low-coloured, beautiful, with a firm 
flefh; Augufl to September.. 
Yellow Spanifh Cherry—a largifh, 
round-oval fruit, amber-yellow-co- 
loured, of a fweetifh flavour; the 
end of July and Augufl. 
Turky-Keart Cherry—a large, fine 
fruit; July to Augufl. 
Crown-Heart Cherry—a large, round- 
ifh-hearted fruit, blackiflwed; Au- 
guft. 
Morello Cherry—-a largifh, fine, round, 
red Cherry, ripening of dark-red 
colour, very juicy, of a fine, acid 
flavour, and valuable for its long and 
late continuance ; good both for eat¬ 
ing and preferving; when of full 
perfection, become almolt black; 
Augufl to September. 
White Croffian Cherry—a large, round¬ 
ifh, almolt white fruit, firm flefh, 
well-flavoured; July to Augufl. 
Thefe being the principal varieties of the common. 
Cherry, are moftly large fruit 6f the Cherry kind, and 
are produced abundantly both in ftandards, wall-trees, 
and efpaliers, attaining perfection, for eating, on the 
different varieties, from May or June, till Septem¬ 
ber. 
5. Peunus avium, (Birds) or Great Wild Cherry 
Tree. 
A large, upright, deciduous tree, growing thirty 
or forty feet high—the leaves ( largiflo) oblong-ovate- 
fpear-fhape, conduplicate, downy on the under fide; 
flowers in clofe-fitting umbels, fucceeded by bunches 
of fmall, round fruit, ripe in Augufl.—Native of En¬ 
gland and the northern parts of Europe. (Any common 
foil andfltuaticn.) 
Varieties .—Small Black Wild Cherry. 
Small Red. Wild Cherry. 
< Larger Red Wild Cherry. 
Large Black Wild Cherry, or Corroune 
Cherry. 
Double-bloflom Wild Cherry Tree. 
Of the above varieties of Wild Cherry, the firft 
and fecond are fmall, the third larger, and the fourth 
fort is a middling-fize fruit, fuperior to the others in 
fize and perfection, for eating; all of which are of a 
bitterifh-fwect flavour; ripening the end of July and 
in Augufl. 
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