368 THE CHERRY. 



Conestoga. Large, obtuse heart-shaped ; dark purple ; stalk long, 

 slender; flesh firm, with a rich, pleasant flavor. Lancastel 

 County, Pa. 



Cumberland Seedling. (Triumph of Cumberland.) Large, obtuse 

 heart-shaped ; purplish crimson ; flesh firm, very good. Middle 

 of June. Carlisle, Pa. 



Early Purple Guigne.* Size medium, round heart-shaped, distinctly 

 dotted when ripening ; dark red, becoming nearly black ; flesh 

 dark, tender, juicy, rich, sweet. Growth less vigorous than most 

 heart cherries ; shoots dark brown, spreading ; leaves rather small, 

 drooping on long petioles. Very early, ripening first ten days in 

 June. One of the best early cherries. Fig. 500. 



Elkhorn. (Tradescant's Black Heart, Large Black Bigarreau.) 

 Large, heart-shaped, surface slightly uneven ; black ; stalk rather 

 short, or an inch and a fourth long; cavity rather deep; flesh 

 solid, firm, not juicy, with a high, fine flavor, bitter before fully 

 ripe. Rather late. Shoots dark gray. 



Hoskins. Very large, round heart-shaped, dull purple ; flesh dark 

 mottled, firm, sweet. Seedling of Napoleon. Oregon. 



Jocosot. Large, regular, heart-shaped, indented at apex ; glossy, 

 nearly black; flesh tender, with a sweet, rich flavor. Last of 

 June. Ohio. 



Kennicot. Large, oval heart-shaped ; amber-yellow, mottled and 

 shaded with bright red ; flesh firm, rich, sweet. Early in July. 

 Cleveland, Ohio. 



Knight Early Black.* Large, obtuse heart-shaped, surface 

 slightly uneven ; black ; stalk an inch and a fourth or an inch and 

 a half long, rather stout ; cavity deep, narrow ; flesh dark purplish 

 crimson, tender, juicy, with a very rich, high, excellent flavor. 

 Ripens nearly with the Black Tartarian. Shoots diverging or 

 spreading. Much resembles the Black Eagle, but larger, earlier, 

 more heart-shaped, and with a much deeper cavity. English. In 

 some localities it appears to need a rich soil and warm situation to 

 develop its excellence. A moderate and sometimes poor bearer. 

 Fig. 499. 



Leather Stocking. Medium, heart-shaped; reddish black; flesh 

 firm, sweet. Last half of July. Cleveland, Ohio. 



Logan. Rather large, obtuse heart-shaped, indented at apex ; pur- 

 plish black; flesh rather firm, sweet, rich. Last half of June. 

 Cleveland, O. 



Manning Late Black. Large, roundish ; deep purple or black ; 

 flesh purplish, half tender, sweet, excellent. End of June. Salem. 

 Mass. 



May Bigarreau. (Baumann 's May of Downing, Bigarreau de Mai.) 

 Rather small, oval heart-shaped, becoming as it ripens nearly 

 round; color deep red, becoming black; stalk an inch and three- 



