This is a variety, the tree of which was grown at same time as "Kirtland's Mary," but afterhaving fruited one season, was by mistake transplanted, and thus retarded in again showing perfect fruit for two years. When first fruited, my notes were made to the effect that it would prove the "most valuable of all." My subsequent notes sustain my first, and I can now safely say, that for size, flavor, and containing a large amount of saccharine matter, it will excel any cherry in cultivation.

During four seasons that I have examined it almost daily while ripening its fruit, my notes vary but four days in noting the time it matures.

Description. Size - among the very largest. Form - roundish heart shape. Skin - rich light yellow, with a beautiful carmine blush slightly mottled or marbled, when grown fully exposed to the sun; the color clear rich red. Stem - varying from 1 1/4 to 2 inches long, and medium stout to slender. Suture - half round, followed on opposite side by a dark line. Flesh - light, clear rich yellow, half tender, juicy, with a sweetness equal or exceeding Black Tartarian, and with a very delicious flavor. Pit - round, smooth and regular. Tree - round, regular form, and moderately strong growth. Ripe - 16th to 22d June.