Fruit matures early; three-fourths of an inch in diameter, cordate, slightly compressed; cavity deep, flaring, regular; suture a distinct line; apex variable in shape; color amber overspread with light red, mottled; dots numerous, rather large, yellowish, somewhat conspicuous; stem one and one-half inches long; skin thin, separating readily from the pulp; flesh whitish, with colorless juice, tender and melting, mild, sweet; of good quality; stone free or semi-free, roundish, slightly flattened, blunt, with smooth surfaces; with distinct ridges along the ventral suture. JEFFREY DUKE _Prunus avium × Prunus cerasus_ =1.= _Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat._ 52. 1831. =2.= _Mag. Hort._ =9=:204. 1843. =3.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 190, 191. 1845. =4.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Cat._ 74. 1862. =5.= _Mas Pom. Gen._ =11=:119, 120, fig. 60. 1882. =6.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 302. 1884. _Royale._ =7.= Duhamel _Trait. Arb. Fr._ =1=:193, 194, Pl. XV. 1768. =8.= Truchsess-Heim _Kirschensort_. 482-484. 1819. =9.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =5=:386, 387 fig., 388. 1877. _Königliche Süssweichsel._ =10.= Truchsess-Heim _Kirschensort_. 427-429. 1819. =11.= _Ill. Handb._ 73 fig., 74. 1867. _Jeffrey's Royal._ =12.= Floy-Lindley _Guide Orch. Gard._ 99. 1846. _Royale Hâtive._ =13.= Mortillet _Le Cerisier_ =2=:134-138, fig. 32. 1866. This old variety, which has almost passed from cultivation, may have had its origin in France about the middle of the Eighteenth Century, though more likely it originated in England much earlier. Leroy mentions a Royale cherry which was introduced from England to France about 1730 and was first grown by M. le Normand in the garden of Louis XV. The name Royale was first used by the French about 1735 from the fact that it was grown in the royal gardens and since that time this name has clung to the variety in most of the French plantations. According to English writers, the variety was brought to notice in England by Jeffrey, proprietor of the Brompton Nursery at Brompton Park, England, and from that time it was known as Jeffrey's Duke. English pomologists maintain that Jeffrey renamed the old Cherry Duke of England, giving it his name. Jeffrey Duke appeared on the American Pomological Society's fruit catalog list in 1862 but was dropped in 1871. It is doubtful if the variety can now be found in America. The following description is compiled from the authors given in the references: Tree large, vigorous, very upright, unusually compact, slow-growing, productive; branches very numerous, stocky, straight, thickly set with fruit-spurs; internodes short; branchlets very short; buds closely set; leaves numerous, medium in size, oval or obovate, acuminate; margin finely and irregularly serrate; petiole short, slender, with small, flattened or globose glands; blooming season late; flowers small, very open.