SEEDLING CHERKIES, 



SEEDLING CHERRIES. 



PRODUCED BY DE. J. P. KIRTLAND, EAST ROOKPOET, OHIO. 



1. Tecumsek. — Large, black, fine flavored. Valuable. 



2. Bed Jacket. — Size — medium. Color — red. Lively flavor. Matures late. 



3. Shannon. — Large and valuable Morello. 



4. Kirtland's Large Morello. — Very large. Pit — small. Flavor — good. Prom- 

 ises well. Not sufiiciently tested. 



5. EUioWs Favorite. — Size — below medium. Form, color, and flavor, like Belle 

 de Choisy. ' 



6. Delicate. — Size — medium or above. Form — conic-oblong. Semi-transparent, 

 often opalescent. Color — delicate, blending of white, verraillion, and yellow. This 

 and No. 5 are Heart cherries, though they resemble the Belle de Choisi/. Valuable 

 as table fruits, but too tender for market. 



Y. Kirtland's Mary. — Very large. Yellow and white, blushed with red. Delicate 

 and lively flavor. By many considered equal to the Gov. Wood. 



8. Doctor. — Size — medium. Color — amber, or a blending of white and yellow 

 blushed with red. Delicate and rich flavored. Ripens with the Early May. Pro- 

 lific to a fault. 



9. Cleveland. — Large, amber colored. Delicate and lively flavor. Equally prolific 

 with No. 8. Valuable. 



10. Leather Stocking. — Large, hard fleshed, not high flavored. Matures very late. 

 Color — deep red, striped and blotched with still darker red or black. A curiosity. 



11. Gov. Wood. — Very large. Form — spherical. Color — same as No. 8. Equally 

 productive. Flavor — delicious, sweet and rich. Best of all cherries. 



12. Late Bigarreau. — Resembles Yellow Spanish in form, color, and flavor; more 

 hardy, and less liable to premature decay ; ripens two weeks later, and among the 

 last of the sweet cherries. 



13. Black Haxck. — Very large, nearly equalling the Black Tartarian. Flesh more 

 firm and higher flavored. Color — brilliant and glossy black, like patent leather. 

 Very prolific. Surpasses that variety as a market fruit. 



14. Rockport. — Large, amber colored, very delicious. Varies in its qualities in 

 different years, more than most of the other kinds. 



15. Logan. — Large, black, fine flavored. Valuable. 



16. Osceola. — Size, color, and flavor, same as No. 15. Valuable. 



17. Jockosott. — Same as the two last in size, color, and flavor. Valuable. Named 

 after a noble Saux chief who died at Cleveland eight years since, and to whose memory 

 a monument was erected by several citizens. 



18. Brant. — Large, black, fine flavored. Valuable. 



19. Pontiac. — Same as No. 18 in size, color, and flavor. Valuable. Resembles 

 Knight'' s Black Eagle ; for more productive. 



