CHERRIES. CLASS I. 237 



19. ELTON. Mr. Knight. Hooker's Pom. Lond. PI. 



VII. 



Raised by Mr. Knight from the seed of the Bigarreau 

 and pollen of the White Heart. The tree is very vigorous 

 and very productive. The fruit is pretty large, heart- 

 shaped ; pale glossy yellow in the shade, but marbled with 

 bright red next the sun ; the stalk slender, two inches long ; 

 the flesh firm, sweet, and rich. Very early. Sent, in 1823, 

 by Mr. Knight, to the Hon. John Lowell. 



20. FLORENCE. Hort. Trans. Vol. H. p. 229. 

 Large, heart-shaped, depressed ; of a yellow amber color, 



marbled with bright red in the shade ; bright red next the 

 sun; tolerably firm, juicy, rich, and sweet. A beautiful 

 cherry, introduced by Mr. Houblon, from Florence. 



21. *GRIDLEY. 



This excellent variety, which is sometimes called the 

 Apple Cherry, originated on the farm of Deacon Samuel 

 Gridley, of Roxbury. The tree bears constantly and very 

 abundantly. The fruit is of handsome size, round, black ; 

 the stalk short ; the flesh very firm, like all others of the 

 Bigarreau class; juicy, of a fine, vinous flavor. During 

 long-continued storms, it is sometimes liable to crack at 

 maturity. A popular fruit for the market. It carries well, 

 and is ripe soon after the early cherries are gone, or early 

 in July. 



22. HEREFORDSHIRE BLACK. R. M. 

 LATE BLACK HEART. 



A large, black, and heart-shaped cherry; a most excel- 

 lent fruit; a great bearer, and more valuable for ripening 

 late, when most varieties are gone. 



23. RED RUSSIAN CHERRY. 



A new and superior variety, which was imported from 

 Russia, about thirty years ago, into Brooklyn, N. Y. ; its 

 original name lost. A large, dark red cherry, of excellent 

 flavor and quality. Ripening very late, or in August. 

 The tree is very productive. 



24. *SPARHAWK'S RED HONEY CHERRY. 



A most superior native fruit, and so named for Edward 

 Sparhawk, Esq., of Brighton, who has introduced this cap- 

 ital variety to notice. The tree grows upright and hand- 

 some, and is wonderfully productive. The fruit is large, 

 bright red, tender, juicy, of a very sweet and delicious 



