. Elliott's fruit book;. Fruit-culture; Fruit. [from old catalog]. WOETHY GENERAL CULTIVATION. 195 but, under that name, it becomes so often con- founded with the common Sour Pie Cherry of our country, that we have preferred to continue it here, under the name it is best known in this country. The tree belongs to the Morello class; grows about twenty feet high, with a roundish spreading head; very productive, ripening its fruit in May, but, in dry seasons, holding it until July. It is indispensable to every garden; and for market, coming as it does so early, is very profitable. It is remarkabl
. Elliott's fruit book;. Fruit-culture; Fruit. [from old catalog]. WOETHY GENERAL CULTIVATION. 195 but, under that name, it becomes so often con- founded with the common Sour Pie Cherry of our country, that we have preferred to continue it here, under the name it is best known in this country. The tree belongs to the Morello class; grows about twenty feet high, with a roundish spreading head; very productive, ripening its fruit in May, but, in dry seasons, holding it until July. It is indispensable to every garden; and for market, coming as it does so early, is very profitable. It is remarkable for the corolla re- maining on the stalk, and for the tenacity with which the stone adheres thereto. Fruit, of medium size, borne in pairs, round, bright red, becoming darker as it hangs on the tree a long time; flesh, of a reddish cast, juicy, very tender, sprightly, rich, acid flavor; stem, usually short, say, one and a quarter inch, set in deep, round basin. Season, twenty-sixth May to first of Purple Guigne. Early Purple. Guigne, | German May Duke, Early Purple Griotte. The origin of this valuable variety we have been unable to decide. Eastern cultivators received it from England, where it was figured and described by Mr. Thompson, in the London Hort. Society's transactions. Western Cultiva- tors received it through a party of emigrants from Germany, under name of German May Duke, by which it is much grown in Ohio. The trees are poor growers in the nursery, of a strag- gling, loose, irregular, somewhat pendent habit, but of healthy, hardy character, only moderat- ly productive wThile young, but as they grow older, become more prolific. Its earliness and delicious character, must always render it popu- lar where known. Fruit, medium to large, roundish, heart- shaped, with an indenture at the point or apex; color, when fully ripe, dark purplish black ; flesh, dark purplish red, juicy, rich, sweet, and excellent; 'pit, medium; size, roundish oval; stem, long, slender,
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