Narrative
Tyoe = Cherry. Per Hedrick (see citation): "This Variety has been much confused with other cherries, particularly Montmorency, Early Richmond and Short Stem Montmorency...Tree rather large, vigorous, upright, vasiform, unproductive...Leaves numerous, three and one-half inches long, one and three-fourths inches wide, folded upward, broad-oval to obovate, thick, stiff...petiole one inch long, tinged with dull red, glandless or with from one to three globose, yellow or brownish glands, usually at the base of the blade. Buds usually pointed, plump, free, arranged singly as lateral buds and in small clusters on short spurs; leaf scars prominant; season of bloom intermediate; flowers white, one inch across...Fruit matures in mid-season; three-fourths of an inch in diameter, oblate, compressed; cavity wide, flaring; suture shallow; apex flattened or depressed; color dark red; dots numerous, small, russet, somewhat conspicuous; stem thick, one inch long, adhering fairly well to the fruit; skin thick, separating from the pulp; flesh whitish, showing distinctly the fibers in the pulp, with abundant colorless or slightly tinged juice, tender and melting, sprightly, pleasant flavored, tart; of very good quality; stone free, roundish, plump, with smooth surfaces, tinged with red."