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ILLUSTRATED DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 
DUKE AND MORELLO CHERRIES. 
These are for the most part, round shaped ; fruit generally acid, though some varieties 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 large 
demand where the latter cannot be grown with advantage. 
HABIT 
OF 
GROWTH 
NAME AND DESCRIPTION. 
SEASON. 
Vig. 
Free. 
Mod. 
Mod. 
Free. 
Mod. 
Belle de Choisy—Medium, amber, mottled with red ; tender, juicy, sweet and rich. 
Belle Magnifique—Fruit large, roundish ; skin bright red, flesh tender, juicy, spright¬ 
ly, sub-acid ; one of the finest of this class of cherries. Tree hardy and very pro¬ 
ductive. 
Empress Eugenie—Pruit large, dark red, very rich, tender and sub-acid. A superior 
variety. 
English Morello—Medium to large ; blackish red, rich, acid, juicy and good; very 
productive. 
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 
cherries, and is unsurpassed for cooking purposes, and is exceedingly productive. 
Late Duke—Large, light red ; late and fine. 
Last of 
June. 
Last of 
July- 
First of 
July. 
August 
June. 
Last of 
July. 
Free. 
Free. 
Free. 
Free. 
Free. 
Vig, 
Vig. 
Large Montmorency—A large, red, acid cherry, larger than Early Richmond, and 
fully ten days later. 
Louis Phillippe—Very productive ; fruit large, roundish, regular ; color rich dark, 
almost purplish black red ; flesh red, tender, sprightly ; mild acid ; good to best. 
Leib—A new Morello, one week later than Early Richmond, and claimed to be very 
superior. 
May Duke—Large, dark red, juicy and rich ; an old excellent variety ; productive. 
Olivet—A new variety of French origin. Large, globular, very shining, deep red 
sort ; flesh red, tender, rich and vigorous ; very sweet, sub-acid flavor. 
Ostheim—A hardy cherry, imported from the nurseries of Dr. Regel, of St. Peters¬ 
burg. Russia. It has been tested in the severest w-inters of Minnesota, and has 
been found perfectly hardy. Charles Downing thus describes it: “ Fruit large, 
roundish, ovate; skin red, dark at maturity; stalk long ; flesh liver-colored, ten¬ 
der, juicy, almost sweet, sub-acid ; very good. 
Reine Hortense—Very fine ; large, bright red ; juicy and delicious, and productive. 
End of 
June. 
Middle 
of July. 
End of 
June. 
Middle 
of June. 
Middle 
to last 
of June. 
Middle 
July. 
Middle 
of July. 
NECTARINES. 
A most delicious, smooth-skinned fruit, which thrives wherever peaches will grow, but it is liable to 
be stung by the curculio, and requires the same treatment as plums. Ripens in August. 
HABIT 
OF 
.GROWTH 
NAME AND DESCRIPTION. 
SEASON. 
Vig. 
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. 
Sept’r. 
Free. 
Early Violet Medium sized, yellowish green, nearly covered with dark purplish red; 
juicy, rich and high flavored. 
Last of 
Aug. 
Vig. 
Early Newington—Large, pale green, nearly covered with blotches of red ; juicy, 
rich and sweet ; probably the best clingstone Nectarine. 
First of 
Sept. 
Free 
Elruge—Medium size, pale green, with a dark red cheek ; flesh pale green, very juicy 
and rich. 
First of 
Sept. 
Vig. 
Hunts 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. 
First to 
middle 
of Aug. 
Vig. 
• 
Red Roman—Large size, greenish yellow, with a dark, dull red cheek.: flesh yellow¬ 
ish, fine and rich; productive. 
First of 
Sept. 
