CHERRY-TREE. 
dle of July till the middle of August.—A fourth 
excellent hybrid from the May Duke and the 
Biggareau, also raised by a lady of Mr. Knight's 
family, is the Waterloo cherry. Its fruit is large, 
irregularly globular, of a dark brownish red col- 
our, gradually ripening into black; and its pulp 
is firm, juicy, and well-flavoured. Its tree has 
much of the habit of the Biggareau, is better 
suited to the garden than to the orchard, pro- 
duces fruit for use during the first half of Au- 
gust, and bears best, as to both quantity and 
quality, when grown against a south-west wall. 
The Arch-Duke cherry has been a favourite 
and well-known variety since some time before 
the days of Miller; but, in consequence of being 
a shy bearer when young, and of slowness of 
habit in ripening its fruit to maturity, it has 
now become somewhat scarce. Its fruit is paler 
and larger than that of the May Duke, but of 
exactly the same shape; and its pulp also is in- 
ferior in richness, yet possesses much mellowness 
and juice. “If permitted to hang upon the tree 
till quite ripe,” says Miller, “it isan excellent 
cherry ; but few persons have patience to let 
them hang their full time, so rarely have them 
in perfection.” The fruit, in fact, is so late in 
ripening as to occasion the variety to be often 
known as emphatically the Late Duke; yet, on 
account of its very lateness, it makes a grateful 
figure in the dessert after the fruit of other vari- 
eties can no longer be obtained. The tree is 
plethoric, and a bad bearer in deep, rich soil; 
and it cannot be properly trained as a dwarf; 
but it is healthy and prolific in a thin, light soil, 
and with a northern aspect. A subvariety of the 
Arch-Duke, slightly altered from the normal 
form by the influence of soil and situation, is 
sold under the name of Holman’s Duke.—The 
Royal Kensington Duke cherry is noticed in 
Merlet’s catalogue, and seems to have been in- 
troduced to Britain from France by Loudon and 
Wise. It possesses a medium character between 
the May Duke and the Arch-Duke; and forms 
along with them a sort of series, both complete 
and desirable. Its tree is somewhat hardier 
than that of the May Duke; and its fruit, though 
later in ripening than that of the May Duke, is 
very similar to it in at once size, colour, rich- 
ness, and flavour. 
The Corone cherry is a celebrated old variety, 
recommended by Miller to a place in every good 
fruit garden, and at present one of the most po- 
pular in the London market. The tree grows to 
a very large size,—so much so as to afford valu- 
able timber to the cabinet-makers; and it is one 
of our hardiest and surest bearers, and, at the 
same time, is tolerably prolific. It exhibits little 
nicety as to soil or situation, thriving equally 
well in gravel incumbent upon chalk, and in 
light loam incumbent upon limestone rock ; and 
it rises truer to its kind from seeds than the 
tree of any other variety. Its fruit is produced 
in pairs, and resembles the well-known white- 
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heart cherry in both shape and size, but is ra- 
ther more blunt at the point; its colour is dark, 
purplish black; its pulp is very firm, and less 
liable than that of most other varieties to be 
bruised in carriage ; and its juice is less abundant 
than that of the black-heart cherry, but very 
sweet and pleasant. Three subvarieties of the 
Corone are cultivated in Hertfordshire and Buck- 
inghamshire, under the names of the Bud, the 
Small Black, and the Honey; and the fruit of 
the last of these is very small, pale red, and re- 
markably sweet, and is largely used for making 
cherry wine. 
Lukeward’s cherry was introduced to Britain 
from Italy, toward the close of the 17th century, 
by a person of the name of Lukeward. It has 
long been extensively cultivated in Kent and 
many other districts; but, in consequence of be- 
ing less hardy, it has of late been much super- 
seded by the Black-heart. Its tree has a healthy 
habit, and bears as abundantly as any of the 
heart varieties. Its fruit closely resembles that 
of the Corone in both size and colour; but is. 
superior to both it and the black-heart cherry in 
quality—The Florence cherry was introduced 
to Britain from Tuscany, by a person of the name 
of Houblon. The tree is erect, middle-sized, and 
suited better for a wall than for a standard; and 
it requires a comparatively warm situation. The 
fruit is large, bluntly heart-shaped, and marbled 
in colour, somewhat like the carnation cherry ; 
its pulp is firm ; and its juice is both abundant 
and rich. 
The Black Circassian or Black Tartarian cherry 
was introduced under the former of these names 
in 1794, and under the latter, from a different 
source, in 1796. The tree requires the same 
treatment, as to soil, planting, and culture, as 
the Biggareau ; but, in consequence of the fruit 
being too tender for carriage, it is better suited 
to the garden than to the orchard. It generally 
is a good bearer as a standard; and it has also 
been recommended for forcing. Its fruit is large, 
irregularly heart-shaped, and of a shining black 
colour; the pulp is softer than that of the Co- 
rone; the juice is both abundant and rich; and 
the time of ripening is usually about the middle 
of July, but is sometimes so early as June.—An- 
sall’s Black cherry has not a first-rate character, 
yet may profitably occupy a place in the orchard. 
The tree is healthy; and the fruit has a fine firm 
pulp, and is less liable than that of most varie- 
ties to receive injury from distant carriage. 
The Carnation cherry has long been well 
known, but has seldom been regarded as of the 
first class, and is now discarded from all very se- 
lect lists. The tree, in almost any situation, is a 
shy bearer; but it has the advantage of being 
almost equally adapted to any class of treatment 
or destination, whether for training or as a stan- 
dard ; yet it prefers an east or a west wall when 
trained, and requires a somewhat sheltered situ- 
ation when standing apart. Its chief value is 
