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in tree and fruit. Original tree, as far as known, in the garden of J. R. 

 Richardson, Esq., Boston. (Cole.) 



ROBERTS RED HEART. 



Raised by David Roberts, Salem, Mass. Tree, moderate, healthy 

 grower ; productive. Fruit, medium, roundish heart shape ; pale amber 

 ground, nearly overspread and mottled with red ; suture, distinct ; flesh, 

 white, juicy, sweet, tender, and well flavored ; pit, medium ; stem, long, 

 slender. Season, last of June. 



ELKHORN. 



Tradescant s Black Heart, 

 Large Black Bigarreau, 

 Bigarreau Xoir Tardive, 



Bigarreau Gros Noir, 

 Guigne Noir Tardive, 

 Grosse Schwarze Knoorpel. 



This is probably an old variety from Europe, but as it was first made 

 known in this country and distributed under name of Elkhorn, we have 

 preferred following that to copying from the London Hort. Society. Trees, 

 very vigorous, with broad leaf and bark of peculiar gray color, producing 

 fine large fruit while young, but as they grow older, unless very highly 

 cultivated, the fruit diminishes to near the size of the old Black Heart. 

 Its period of late ripening has heretofore kept it favorably before horti 

 culturists, but we now think it must give way to later and better varie 

 ties. Fruit, large, heart shape, uneven surface; purplish black; flesh, 

 firm, purple, moderately juicy ; pit, large ; stem, short. Season, middle 

 July. 



VAIL S AUGUST DUKE. 



Raised by Henry Yail, Troy, N. Y. We have not fruited it, but copy 

 from the Horticulturist. Tree, hardy, healthy, moderate grower. Fruit, 

 above medium, borne in pairs, obtuse heart shape ; rich bright red in the 

 shade, a lively cornelian in the sun ; flesh, tender, sub-acid ; pit, oval ; 

 stem, thick, when it joins the fruit, set in a deep narrow cavity. Season, 

 middle to last of August. 



WENDELL S MOTTLED. 



Wendell s Mottled Bigarreau. 



Raised by Herman Wendell, M.D., Albany, 1ST. Y. Tree, upright 

 thrifty growth, early and prolific bearer. This variety has proved highly 

 valuable during the few years it has been before the public ; as yet it has 

 not fruited at the West. Fruit, large, obtuse heart shape ; dark purplish 

 red ; flesh, firm, juicy, well flavored ; pit, small ; stem, set in a round, 

 regular basin. Season, first to middle of July. 



- WATERLOO. 



We have never been able to obtain this variety to meet the descrip 

 tion given by Downing in his Fruits and Fruit Trees. At the last Porno- 

 logical Congress, Hon. M. P. Wilder stated it to be synonymous with 

 Moustreuse de Mezel. This we conclude must be error, either in the 



