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Fig. 810. 

 Napoleon Bigarreau. 



Fig. 811. 

 Yellow Spanish. 



it too often is. It too is sadly 



subject to rot. In the year 



1894 we did not gather a 



single basket, from this cause ; 



every cherry rotted before 



ripening. This year, however, 



the case was wholly different, 



and it exceeded all past re- 

 cords of productiveness. One 



fine old tree yielded 132 quarts 



of the finest sample of cher- 

 ries, and here again we have 



brought our camera into use, 



to show our readers a branch 



from this very tree, and the 



beautiful clusters of large sized 

 fruit. The skin of this cherry is yellowish white, with deep 

 red blush, and the flesh firm, and also yellowish in color. 



This variety is the favorite one at Maplehurst for canning for home use. 

 It began ripening this year about July ist. We add an outline in order to give 

 a more correct idea of ^T""^ 



the size as grown with >C^ 



us in 1895. frf^^^^i 



Of this same Bigar- 

 reau, or firm fleshed 

 type, we have two excel- 

 lent black cherries ri- 

 pening late in the sea- 

 son, viz., the Trades- 

 canfs Black Heart, an 

 old and well known 

 European variety, of 

 dark purple skin and 

 firm flesh and good 

 quality. It is a very 

 productive cherry, and 

 one that carries well to 

 market. The other is 

 the Windsor, a new va- 

 riety of Canadian origin, 

 which is rapidly gaining 

 favor with planters as 

 an excellent late black 

 cherry. The tree of this 



Branch of the Yellow Spanish. 



