Narrative
Type = Cherry. Per Hedrick: "White Heart is mentioned in The Cherries of New York only because of its reputation in Europe and the frequent references, therefore, that American cherry-growers see to it in European publications. Bunyard and Thomas, in the reference given, speak of it as one of the best and most profitable cherries grown in the famous Kent cherry orchards. Early American horticulturists describe it but it seems not to have been widely grown in America and has probably long since passed from cultivation. It failed, according to Elliott, because it was a 'variable and uncertain bearer' and while an early cherry 'not early enough to compete with many new varieties.' [. . .] It seems to have been brought to America before the War of the Revolution and to have been grown in this country under the serveral different names which are given in the list of synonyms. The following description is compiled: Tree large, vigorous, somewhat erect, very healthy, rather productive; branches stocky, somwhat angular, with large, roundish, light colored lenticels; internodes of unequal length; leaves medium in size, oval or obovate, sharply pointed; margin finely serrate; petiole short, slender, tipped with two reuniform, orange-red glands; flowers medium in size; petals obovate. Fruit matures early in June; rather small, roundish-cordate, often one-sided, with a distinct suture; color whitish-yellow, tinged and speckled with pale red in the sun; stem long, slender, inserted in a wide, shallow cavity; skin firm; flesh light colored, firm, half-tender, breaking, juicy, sugary, pleasant; first quality; stone rather large, roundish-oval, with a pointed apex."