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flesh especially invites the former. Therefore, in order 

 to secure the crop, we find it necessary to begin 

 harvesting them on the green side. The picking, 

 fo this cherry began with us this year on June 22nd, 

 and the fruit not picked hung until the"3oth. 



The Tartarian cannot be called a heavy bearer, 

 because the fruit does not grow m such clusters as- 

 that of some other varieties, but the large size to a 

 certain extent makes up for the number in cluster. 

 One thirty year old tree at Maplehurst this season 

 yielded about fifty-five quarts, in spite of the frost. 



Of other black-heart cherries, we will briefly refer 

 to the Knight's Early Black, which ripens a few days- 

 in advance of the Tartarian. The fruit is not quite 

 so long and a little more obtuse heart-shaped ; it is a 

 little more even in outline, otherwise it much re- 

 sembles the latter variety. 



The fruit is inclined to grow singly, and this makes 

 the gathering rather slow ; besides, it is less produc- 

 tive than the Tartarian. A full grown tree at Maple- 

 hurst yielded about thirty quarts in 1895, and this may be called a full crop. 

 The Black Eagle succeeds the Tartarian, beginning to ripen this season 

 about the 28th of June. It is also a delicious heart cherry, if anything smaller 

 than the Knight's Early Black. The fruit is grown in somewhat sparse clustersr 

 and the tree is only moderately productive, our large trees giving about forty 



Fig, 

 Black Tartarian. 



Fig. 807. 

 Knight's Early Black, 



Fig. 808. 

 A Branch of the Black Eagle. 



