Archive image from page 176 of Cyclopedia of hardy fruits (1922). Cyclopedia of hardy fruits cyclopediaofhar00hedr Year: 1922 130. Late Duke. (XI) North Atlantic states. The trees are long- lived, and even so late as a generation ago Downing says that this variety is 'better known among us than any other acid cherry, especially abundant on the Hudson and near New York.' The variety is never planted now, having long since been superseded by better sorts, but it is still to be found as old trees or self-sown near where a tree of the variety formerly stood. Late Kentish is a seedling sort belon
Archive image from page 176 of Cyclopedia of hardy fruits (1922). Cyclopedia of hardy fruits cyclopediaofhar00hedr Year: 1922 130. Late Duke. (XI) North Atlantic states. The trees are long- lived, and even so late as a generation ago Downing says that this variety is 'better known among us than any other acid cherry, especially abundant on the Hudson and near New York.' The variety is never planted now, having long since been superseded by better sorts, but it is still to be found as old trees or self-sown near where a tree of the variety formerly stood. Late Kentish is a seedling sort belonging to America, having been planted along fences and roadsides in the earliest times. The following description is a compilation: Tree small, bears annually, very productive, hardy. Fruit matures about 2 weeks after Early Richmond; medium or below in size, round, flattened; stem 1-21, inches in length, stout, straight ; color deep, lively red; flesh light colored, with abundant colorless juice, very- tender, sour, remaining quite acid even when fully ripe; stone does not adhere to the stalk. LOUIS PHILIPPE. Fig. 131. P. avium XP. Cerasus. If the descriptions of this va- riety and Olivet be compared, it will be found that the two cher- ries are nearly identical. They differ only in sea- son of ripening and in minor tree-char- acters, this cherry having in the tree more the aspect of a Morello than has Olivet. The value of the two varieties t o cherry-growers is the same and is indicated in the discussion of Oli- vet. Elliott, the American pomolo- gist, imported Louis Philippe from. France in 1846; but the cherrj' does not seem to have been known at that time in Europe, and it is possible that Elliott gave it its name. Tree vigorous, upright-spreading, open-topped. Leaves numerous, 4/ inches long, 2 inches wide, obovate, thick, leathery; margin finely serrate, with reddish brown glands; petiole 1 inch long, with 1 or 2 large globose, yellowish-red glands. Flowers 1 inches across
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