A seedling from seeds planted in 1898 by A. P. Anstad, Trail, British Columbia. The fruit is large, heart-shaped; cavity of medium depth and width; stem long, slender; apex depressed; suture indistinct; skin moderately thick, tender, dark red or blackish; dots obscure; flesh dull red, meaty, juicy, sweet, pleasant; quality good; stone of medium size, clinging; season in Ontario, the end of July. =Argental Late.= _P. avium._ =1.= Barry _Fr. Garden_ 325. 1851. =2.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 451. 1869. Downing says this variety is of French origin and that the fruit is unlike any other cherry in form. Tree spreading; branches slender, irregular; fruit of medium size, elongated-oval, sides compressed; suture narrow; stem medium in length, slender; cavity small; skin deep purplish-black; flesh half-tender, juicy, sweet, of peculiar flavor; quality very good; stone small, narrow, elongated-oval; ripens about July 10th. =Auburn Duke=. _P. avium × P. cerasus._ A stray variety not mentioned in cherry literature, occasionally grown in western New York. The fruit, on the Station grounds, is above medium size, roundish; skin glossy, amber-yellow with a dark red cheek, often wholly suffused with red, sometimes mottled with translucent spots underneath the skin; suture a distinct line; stem slender, one and one-half inches long, inserted in a broad cavity; flesh white, very tender, juicy, nearly sweet; quality good but not rich; stone small, adhering to the stem; season late June. The fruit cracks in wet weather. =August Duke.= _P. avium × P. cerasus._ =1.= _Cultivator_ 3rd Ser. =1=:248 fig., 249. 1853. _Vail's August Duke._ =2.= _Horticulturist_ =4=:264 fig., 265. 1849-50. =3.= Elliott _Fr. Book_ 213. 1854. This variety originated with Henry Vail of Troy, New York. It is valued for its lateness, maturing three weeks after Downer, generally about the tenth of August. Tree hardy, healthy, moderate in growth; fruit borne in pairs, hanging in thick clusters along the branches, of medium size, obtuse-cordate; stem of medium length, thickening where it joins the fruit, set in a deep, narrow cavity; skin bright red; flesh tender, subacid, much like May Duke in flavor; pit oval. =Augustine de Vigny=. Species? =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 333. 1889. =2.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 54. 1856. Mentioned in the references given. =Aurischotte.= _P. cerasus._ =1.= Truchsess-Heim _Kirschensort_. 589-591. 1819. =2.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =3=:65. 1858. According to Truchsess, this cherry was described in 1802 by Christ who states that it originated in Wanfred, Prussia, Germany. Truchsess believed, however, that the name was a corruption of Sauriotte, a sour or Weichsel cherry. Fruit round, somewhat flattened, above medium in size; suture indistinct; apex slightly depressed, gray; stem strong; skin dark red; flesh and juice of a slight reddish cast, sour, rather repulsive; stone large.