We have the following note with fruit from Messrs. Murdoch: "This accompanies prepaid samples of two new cherries that we expect to put upon the market in the Fall of 1887 - Murdochs' Biggareau and Rostraver Big-gareau. They ripen after our other good varieties are gone, and we consider them valuable on that account aside from their large size and fine firm quality. We have no reason to doubt that they are new varieties, but at the same time wish your opinion on this point also. The Murdoch Biggareau becomes almost black when fully ripe".

[It is next to impossible to pass with certainty on the distinctness of cherries from others already named, from samples on a plate. They are too numerous to remember, and no system of classification has been found, as there has been among plants, by which a reference to a " monograph " will help us. It is safe only to say, that they appear to us to be distinct kinds, and they are large and fine fruit, and we should not hesitate to put them into the trade as good and desirable kinds. - Ed. G. M].