=Downton.= _P. avium._ =1.= _Pom. Mag._ =3=:138 Pl. 1830. =2.= Prince _Pom. Man._ =2=:124. 1832. =3.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Cat._ 74. 1862. =4.= _Ill. Handb._ 485 fig., 486. 1861. _Downtoner Molkenkirsche._ =5.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =3=:30. 1858. _Guigne Downton._ =6.= Mortillet _Le Cerisier_ =2=:98, 303. 1866. =7.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =5=:321 fig. 1877. _Impératrice Downton_? =8.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =II=:161. 1882. Downton was raised early in the Nineteenth Century by T. A. Knight, Downton Castle, England, from a seed of Elton. Tree strong in growth, spreading; fruit attached in pairs, large, obtuse-cordate, roundish; stem rather long, slender; skin pale yellowish, heavily specked with red, which often merges into a blush on the sunny side; flesh light yellow, very tender, juicy; high in quality; stone slightly adherent; ripens after May Duke. =Dresdener Mai Herzkirsche.= _P. Avium._ =1.= Thomas _Guide Prat._ 23. 1876. A very early Heart cherry received by Thomas from Germany. =Drogan White Bigarreau.= _P. Avium._ =1.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 79. 1866. =2.= Thomas _Guide Prat._ 20, 188. 1876. _Drogan's Weisse Knorpelkirsche._ =3.= Truchsess-Heim _Kirschensort_. 341, 684. 1819. =4.= _Ill. Handb._ 55 fig., 56. 1867. This is one of Drogan's seedlings from Guben, Prussia, Germany, 1809. Leroy includes Drogan's White and Yellow Bigarreaus with his Guigne Blanche (Grosse) but the three are distinct varieties. Tree vigorous, productive; fruit large, roundish-cordate, flattened on one side; suture distinct; stem rather short, stout; cavity wide, deep; apex pointed; skin tough, pale yellow, mottled and blushed with red where much exposed; flesh firm, pale yellow, juicy, sweet; stone plump, ovate to oval; desirable for table and kitchen use; late. =Drogan Yellow Bigarreau.= _P. Avium._ =1.= _Ill. Handb._ 147 fig., 148. 1860. =2.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 79, 80. 1866. =3.= Mas _Le Verger_ =8=:111, 112, fig. 54. 1866-73. Bigarreau (Golden)? =4.= Fell _Cat._ 41. 1893-94. Tree vigorous, productive; fruit large to very large, oblate-cordate, resembling May Duke, compressed on the faces, truncate at the base, traversed by a shallow suture; stem long, stout, inserted in a wide, deep cavity; skin rather glossy, clear yellow, golden in the sun; flesh firm, yellowish, having abundant, uncolored juice, with a sweetness which increases as the season advances; quality high; pit small, turgid, roundish-oval, truncate at the base; ripens late. =Drogans Schwarze Knorpelkirsche.= _P. Avium._ =1.= Truchsess-Heim _Kirschensort_. 206, 207, 677. 1819. A Prussian seedling from Guben, Germany, which in favorable years is of good size and pleasant flavor; skin black; flesh firm, juicy, colored; ripens the middle of July. =Drooping Guigne.= _P. Avium._ =1.= Prince _Pom. Man._ =2=:119. 1832. _Guignier à rameaux pendans._ =2.= Noisette Man. Comp. Jard. =2=:503. 1860.