=1.= Truchsess-Heim _Kirschensort._ 130-132. 1819. =2.= _Pom. Mag._ =1=:44, Pl. 1828. =3.= _Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 55. 1831. =4.= Prince _Pom. Man._ =2=:113, 114. 1832. =5.= _Proc. Nat. Con. Fr. Gr._ 52. 1848. =6.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =3=:21. 1858. =7.= _Ill. Handb._ 61 fig., 62. 1860. =8.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =5=:228, 229 fig., 230. 1877. =9.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 377, 378. 1889. =10.= _Cat. Cong. Pom. France_ 37. 1906. _Ronald's Large Black Heart._ =11.= Forsyth _Treat. Fr. Trees_ 42, 43. 1803. _Guigne Noire à Gros Fruit._ =12.= _Cat. Cong. Pom. France_ 36. 1906. _Tartarian._ =13.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Cat._ 26. 1909. Black Tartarian is probably the favorite dooryard and roadside Sweet Cherry in New York and ranks second or third among commercial cherries in the State, as it probably does for the whole region east of the Mississippi. It is known by all who grow or eat cherries. The preeminently meritorious characters which give it so high a place in cherry culture are: first, and most important, the elasticity of its constitution whereby it adapts itself to widely different soils and climates; second, the fruitfulness, healthfulness and robustness of the trees which also bear regularly, live to an old age and grow to a prodigious size, oftentimes attaining a diameter of two feet; third, this variety is comparatively free from the worst of cherry diseases, brown-rot; lastly, the cherries, though not as large as some similar sorts, are tempting to the eye through their rotund form and glossy black color and are a delight to the palate, the handsome purplish-red flesh being firm and crisp, yet juicy, with a sweet, rich flavor which all agree gives the quality the rank of "very good to best." It is a virile variety and from it have come several promising seedlings and it is one of the parents of a number of cross-bred cherries. Black Tartarian is earlier than most of the Sweet Cherries with which it must compete--under most conditions a help in marketing. Unfortunately it is a little too soft to handle well in harvesting and marketing or to hold its shape as a canned product. Its small size is also against it for the canner's trade. The several defects noted prevent Black Tartarian from taking first rank in commercial orchards but for the home plantation it is one of the best.