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Type = Cherry. Per The Cherries of New York (see citation): "Late Duke is a variant of the well-known May Duke, ripeninsh from two weeks to a month later...If those who want late cherries will plant this variety on a northern slope, against a northern wall or where in any way shaded or in a cool soil, these delicious cherries can be had until well toward August...Tree vigorous, upright-spreading, becoming spreading at maturity, open-topped, productive...Leaves numerous, three inches long, one and three-fourths inches wide, folded upward, obovate, thick...petiole one inch long...Buds small, short, obtuse or conical, plump, free, arranged singly and in clusters...flowers white, one inch across...Fruit matures very late; one inch in diameter, blunt-cordate, somewhat compressed; cavity wide; suture shallow; color dark red; stem slender, one and one-half inches to two inches long, deeply inserted; flesh amber-colored, with abundant juice, tender, rich, sprightly subascid; stone semi-clinging, medium to large, roundish-ovate, compressed." Per The Fruit Garden (see citation): "Large, light red, late and excellent; tree makes a nice dwarf or puramid. - End of July." Per Manual of Fruit: "Large and heart-shaped, flattened, rich dark red; stalk slender, in a shallow depression; flesh pale yellow, tender, very juicy; stone large, roundish, oval and flat. Aug."