Fruit matures early; about three-fourths of an inch in diameter, cordate, compressed, cavity wide, flaring, irregular; suture shallow, indistinct; apex somewhat obtusely-pointed; color light red overspreading yellow; dots numerous, small, yellowish, obscure; stem slender, one and one-half inches long, adherent to the fruit; skin thin, tender, separating readily from the pulp; flesh light yellow, with colorless juice, tender and melting, sweet; of good quality; stone clinging, large, one-half inch long, oval, flattened at the base, plump, with smooth surfaces. CLUSTER _Prunus cerasus_ 1. Parkinson _Par. Ter._ 572, fig. 10. 1629. 2. Gerarde _Herball_ 1505 fig. 6. 1636. 3. Prince _Pom. Man._ =2=:132, 133. 1832. 4. Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 194 fig., 195. 1845. 5. Hogg _Fruit Man._ 290. 1884. _Flanders Cluster_. 6. Ray _Hist. Plant._ 1539. 1688. _Cerisier à Bouquet._ 7. Duhamel _Trait Arb. Fr._ =1=:176, 177, 178, Pl. VI. 1768. 8. Poiteau _Pom. Franc._ 2: No. 16, Pl. 1846. 9. Mas _Le Verger_ =8=:47, 48, fig. 22. 1866-73. _Tros-Kers._ 10. Knoop _Fructologie_ =2=:43. 1771. _Trauben oder Bouquet Amarelle._ 11. Truchsess-Heim _Kirschensort._ 621-629. 1819. 12. Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =3=:70, 71. 1858. 13. Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 340. 1889. _Griotte à Bouquet._ 14. Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =5=:278, 279 fig., 280, 281. 1877. Cluster is a curiosity, characterized by fruits borne in clusters at the extremity of a single peduncle. The pistils vary from one to a dozen, setting from one to five perfect fruits in the cluster or from eight to twelve as the trees become older. The variety is little known in America but is well known in Europe, having first been described by Daléchamp in 1586, according to Leroy. Its origin is uncertain. Parkinson speaks of it as Flanders Cluster, in 1629, and as it was cultivated in Germany before 1613 and nearly as soon in Switzerland it may be assumed that either South Germany or Flanders is its native home. It appears under several names in European fruit books, the terms trochet, bouquet, buschel, and trauben all signifying that the fruits are borne in clusters and usually referring to this variety. The Cerisier à Trochet of Duhamel is probably a distinct variety. The fruit has little value and is cultivated chiefly as a curiosity. The following description is compiled: Tree small and bushy, moderately vigorous, dense, productive; branches numerous, long, slender, somewhat curved, drooping and often breaking under a load of fruit; internodes long; leaves small, oblong, acuminate; margin doubly serrate; petiole thick, short, rigid, with small, roundish, conspicuous glands; blooming season late; flowers small.