This variety is an accidental seedling found by J. O. Bender,
Fayetteville, New York, about 1875. It is a late cherry of the Duke
group. The fruit is attractive both in size and color, making a valuable
market sort. Fruit roundish-cordate to oblate, compressed; cavity
medium, flaring; suture very shallow; stem slender, above medium in
length; skin of medium thickness and toughness, separating from the
pulp, light red, yellowish on the shaded side; flesh pale yellow,
somewhat coarse and stringy, tender, melting, subacid, juicy; good in
quality; stone large, slightly clinging along the ventral suture. Very
similar to Late Duke.
=Berlin Amarelle.= _P. cerasus._ =1.= _Can. Exp. Farms Rpt._ 549. 1901.
A vigorous variety received from L. Spath, Berlin, Germany. Fruit medium
to large, oval; skin glossy red; flesh tender, juicy, pleasingly acid;
season from the middle to the last of July in Canada.
=Bernard.= _P. cerasus._ =1.= _Am. Hort. An._ 88. 1869.
Described by D. B. Wier, Lacon, Illinois, as a seedling of the Morello
group. Tree vigorous, pyramidal in growth; fruit the size, shape, color
and flavor of English Morello but with a smaller pit.
=Bettenburger Glaskirsche.= _P. avium × P. cerasus._ =1.= Truchsess-Heim
_Kirschensort_. 445, 446, 689. 1819. =2.= _Ill. Handb._ 171 fig., 172.
1860.
_Transparent de Bettenburg._ =3.= Mas _Le Verger_ =8=:77, 78, fig. 37.
1866-73.
_Belle Allemande._ =4.= Thomas _Guide Prat._ 25. 1876.
Truchsess, a German, grew this variety from a stone of the Prager
Muscateller, in 1794. The tree has a close growth and with its large,
wide leaves is easily recognized from other light Duke cherries. The
fruit is often confused with Double Glass but the color is darker, the
stem longer and thicker, the flavor sweeter, and the season from eight
to ten days later. Tree moderately vigorous; fruit large, cordate,
rather obtuse, with a pronounced suture extending into the cavity; stem
long, set in a smooth, shallow cavity; skin tough, clear purple changing
to dark red; flesh yellowish-white, transparent, juicy, not colored
unless well ripened, sweetish-sour, slightly aromatic; stone of medium
size, globular, plump, truncate at the base; season late.
=Bettenburger Herzkirsche.= _P. avium_. =1.= _Ill. Handb_. 65 fig., 66.
1860.
_Bettenburger Schwarze Herzkirsche._ =2.= Truchsess-Heim _Kirschensort_.
115, 116. 1819.
_Guigne de Bettenbourg._ =3.= Mortillet _Le Cerisier_ =2=:301. 1866.
This variety is a seedling of a worthless black Heart cherry, raised by
Truchsess in 1794. Fruit very large, flattened, heart-shaped, sides
compressed; stem short, set in a shallow cavity; apex slightly
depressed; skin tough, deep dark-brown with light spots. turning black
when ripe; flesh tender, juicy, very sweet; stone almost small, plump,
roundish; season the last of June in Germany.
=Bettenburger Kirsche von der Natte.= _P. cerasus_. =1.= Truchsess-Heim
_Kirschensort_. 507-511. 1819. =2.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =3=:61.
1858.
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