FRUIT CATALOGUE 



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SECTION v.— CHERRIES— Heart and Bigarreau. 



a. amber. 



b. black, 

 br. bright, 



c. carmine. 



ABBREVIATIONS FOR THIS SECTION. 



Color. 



cr. crimson, 

 d. dark, 

 p. purplish, 

 r. red. 



w. whitish, 

 y. yellowish. 



ClaES. 



b. bigarreau. 

 h. heart. 



Remarks. 



Vigorous, spreading, productive; but variable in quality. 



Downing says : "Largest, most beautiful, and delicious of cherries." Often 



cracks and rots in wet seasons. 

 Excellent. Requires age before it will bear profusely. 

 Fine tree. Fruit much like Bigarreau in its general qualitie?. 

 Very old. Tree large and hardy. The abundant fruit is of fine quality. 

 A seedling of the late Dr. Kirtland of Cleveland, Ohio. Tree thrifty, 



spreading, productive. 

 One of the finest and most valuable late cherries. Of New England origin. 

 A moderate grower. One of the best of the very early cherries, Hardy 



for a Mazzard; but tender at the north.— [Parmelee.] 

 Originated in England in 1806. One of the best of its class and season. 

 Seedling of the late Dr. Kirtland. Every way desirable except for its 



liability to rot. 

 Seedling of the late Dr. Kirtland. Desirable for either dessert or market. 

 A week earlier than Black Tartarian. Fine quality. Tree spreading. 

 Supposed to be identical with Great Bigarreau and large Red Prool. 



Very large and showy. Very firm. Most valued for the market. 

 Seedliug of the late Dr. Kirtland. Very highly esteemed. A good bearer. 

 A rapid, erect grower. Prolific. Fruit very large and showy, but not of 



the highest quality. Tree lacks hardiness. 

 A very promismg sweet cherry. 

 Promising, but less hardy than is claimed. 



