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THE BELLE DE CHOISY CHERRY.
Belle de Choisy. Noisette, Jard. Fruit, vol. 2. p . 21. p i. 7.
Hort. Soc. Fruit Cat. p . 23. Bon Jard. 1828, p. 315.
This is a Cherry of French origin, and was received
into the Garden of the Horticultural Society,
where our drawing was made, from M. Noisette, of
Paris, who has described it in his Jardin Fruitier.
It is also known in France as the Cerise de la
Palembre and Cerise Doucette. It is said to have
been raised at Choisy, near Paris, about the year
1760.
It has sufficient merit to induce us to recommend
it as deserving cultivation in this country,
being hardy, and bearing well as a standard. We
know no other Cherry of a similar character which
is equally sweet.
The general habit of the tree has a strong resemblance
to that of the May-Duke Cherry; but
the branches are rather more spreading, and the
leaves are more evenly serrated.
Flowers large; petals roundish, concave; stamens
strong, shorter than the styles.
Fruit mi4dle-sized, roundish, depressed at the
apex. Skin transparent, red, mottled with amber
colour, especially on the shaded side. Flesh amber
coloured, tender and sweet. S tone middle-
sized, round.