White Heart is mentioned in _The Cherries of New York_ only because of
its reputation in Europe and the frequent references, therefore, that
American cherry-growers see to it in European publications. Bunyard and
Thomas, in the reference given, speak of it as one of the best and most
profitable cherries grown in the famous Kent cherry orchards. Early
American horticulturists describe it but it seems not to have been
widely grown in America and has probably long since passed from
cultivation. It failed, according to Elliott, because it was a "variable
and uncertain bearer" and while an early cherry "not early enough to
compete with many new varieties."
White Heart seems to have been mentioned first by Miller in 1734. A
little later it is found to be described in both Germany and France,
indicating that it must have been known and widely distributed before
the time given. It seems to have been brought to America before the War
of the Revolution and to have been grown in this country under the
several different names which are given in the list of synonyms. The
following description is compiled:
Tree large, vigorous, somewhat erect, very healthy, rather
productive; branches stocky, somewhat angular, with large,
roundish, light colored lenticels; internodes of unequal length;
leaves medium in size, oval or obovate, sharply pointed; margin
finely serrate; petiole short, slender, tipped with two reniform,
orange-red glands; flowers medium in size; petals obovate.
Fruit matures early in June; rather small, roundish-cordate,
often one-sided, with a distinct suture; color whitish-yellow,
tinged and speckled with pale red in the sun; stem long, slender,
inserted in a wide, shallow cavity; skin firm; flesh light
colored, firm, half-tender, breaking, juicy, sugary, pleasant;
first quality; stone rather large, roundish-oval, with a pointed
apex.
WINDSOR
_Prunus avium_
=1.= _Gard. Mon._ =24=:208. 1882. =2.= _Cult._ & _Count. Gent._
=49=:636. 1884. =3.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Cat._ 22. 1885. =4.= _Del.
Sta. Bul._ =35=:16 fig. 7. 1897. =5.= _Ont. Fr. Exp. Sta. Rpt._
=5=:41 fig. 1898. =6.= _Am. Gard._ 21:76. 1900. =7.= _Can. Hort._
=25=:3, 262 fig., 263. 1902. =8.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 56, 57.
1907.
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