1. Black Tartarean. 2. Black Eagle. 3. Early White Heart. 4. Downton. 5. Downer's Late. 6. Manning's Mottled. 7. Flesh-color'd Bigarreau 8. Elton. 9. Belle de Choisy. 10. May Duke. 11. Kentish. 12. Knight's Early Black. The National Convention of Fruit-growers recommend the following as the best for the whole country:-- 1. May Duke. 2. Black Tartarean. 3. Black Eagle. 4. Bigarreau. 5. Knight's Early Black. 6. Downer. 7. Elton. 8. Downton. We recommend the following as all that need be cultivated for profit. They are adapted alike to the field and the garden. We omit the synonyms, and give only the predominant color. The figures in the cuts refer to our numbers in the list:-- Name. Color. Time. 1. Rockport Bigarreau, red. June 1st. 2. Knight's Early Black, black. June 5th. 3. Black Tartarean, purplish. June 15th. 4. Kirtland's Mary, marbled, light-red. June, July. 5. Delicate, amber-yellow. June 25th. 6. Late Bigarreau, deep-yellow. June 30th. 7. Late Duke, dark-red. Aug. 10th. 8. Cleveland Bigarreau, red. June 10th. 9. American Heart, pale. June 1st. 10. Napoleon, purplish-black. July 5th. The time is that of their greatest perfection, but varies with latitude and location. We know none better than the foregoing. In the long lists of the fruit-books, there are others of great excellence, some of which are hardly distinguishable from our list. We recommend to all cultivators to procure the best in their localities, under the advice of the best pomologists in their vicinity. Such men as Barry will be consulted for the latitude of Western New York; Elliott and Kirtland for Cleveland, Ohio; Cole and others for New England and Canada; Hooker and other great fruit-growers of Southern Ohio, &c., &c. These gentlemen, like all scientific men, are happy to communicate their knowledge for the benefit of others. [Illustration: Cherries--Natural Size and Shape. (See page 121.)] We see no reason for cultivating more than ten or twelve varieties; and, as the above are productive and excellent, including all desirable colors and qualities, and ripening through the whole cherry season, we know not what more would be profitable to the cultivator. If you wish more for the sake of variety, your nurseryman will name them, and show the quality of each, that renders it "_the best_ that ever was," until you will become tired of hearing, and more weary of paying for them.