DESCRIPTIONS OF POPULAR CHERRIES 231 



Knight's Early Black. "Large, black, tender, juicy, rich, and excellent; high 

 flavor; a shy bearer until the trees attain age." 



Rockport Bigarreau. Large; pale amber in the shade, light red in the sun; 

 half tender, sweet and good; a very excellent and handsome cherry; good 

 bearer ; highly esteemed for canning and shipping. 



Coe's Transparent. Medium size, pale amber, red and mottled next the sun; 

 tender, sweet and fine. 



Cleveland Bigarreau. A thrifty, strong, spreading grower, and productive 

 large; clear red and yellow; juicy, sweet, and rich. 



Black Tartarian. Fruit of the largest size, bright purplish black. Flesh 

 purplish, thick, juicy, very rich and delicious. Tree a remarkably vigorous, erect, 

 and beautiful grower, and an immense bearer ; the best of the black cherries. 



Governor Wood. Large; light yellow shaded with bright red; flesh nearly 

 tender, juicy, sweet, rich and delicious ; a vigorous grower and very productive. 



Elton. Large, pointed; pale yellow, nearly covered with light red; juicy, 

 with a rich and luscious flavor ; one of the best. 



Black Eagle. A very excellent English variety, ripening in June; large size, 

 deep purple, or nearly black; flesh deep purple, tender, with a rich, high-flavored 

 juice. 



American Amber. Fruit medium sized, roundish, heart-shaped; skin thin, 

 smooth, light amber ; delicately mottled and overspread with bright red ; flesh 

 tender and juicy, but not high flavored. 



Yellow Spanish (Bigarreau Graffion). Large; pale yellow, with red cheek 

 in the sun; flesh firm, juicy, and delicious; one of the best, most beautiful and 

 popular of all light-colored cherries. 



Mezel, Monstreuses de (Great Bigarreau). A foreign variety of the largest 

 size; dark red or quite black; firm and juicy; late. 



Pontiac. Large; dark purplish red; half tender, juicy, and agreeable. 



Burr's Seedling. Large; yellow, shaded with red; sweet and rich; vigorous 

 and great bearer; apparently does better near the coast than in the interior. 



Oxheart. Fruit large, obtuse, heart-shaped; skin dark red; flesh red, half 

 tender, with a pleasant juice of second quality. 



Napoleon Bigarreau (Royal Ann). A magnificent cherry of the largest size; 

 pale yellow, becoming amber in shade, richly dotted and spotted with deep red, 

 and with a bright red cheek; flesh very firm, juicy and sweet. Tree a free 

 grower and an enormous bearer, when properly pollinated. The great commercial 

 cherry of California. 



Tradescant's Blackheart (Elkhorn, Black Bigarreau). Large, heart-shaped); 

 deep, glossy black; very solid and firm; dark purple, moderately juicy. 



Schmidt's Bigarreau. The largest of all the Black Bigarreau cherries. Skin 

 of a deep black color; flesh dark and very juicy, with a fine flavor. 



DUKES AND MORELLOS 



Early Richmond (Kentish). An early, red, acid cherry; valuable for cooking 

 early in the season. 



Eugenie. Medium large; heart-shaped; amber red; good quality; early. 



May Duke. An old, well-known, excellent variety; large, dark red, juicy, 

 subacid, rich. 



Arch Duke. Fruit large, obtuse, heart-shaped; bright red becoming dark; 

 flesh light red, melting, juicy, rich, subacid flavor, very good; tree more upright 

 and vigorous than May Duke. 



Late Duke. Fruit large, flattened or obtuse, heart-shaped ; white, mottled 

 with red, becoming rich dark red when ripe; flesh yellowish, tender, juicy; hangs 

 long on the tree. 



Reine Hortense. "It is one of the very largest of cherries ; a beautiful, glossy 

 red, or deep pink, when fully ripe; heart-shaped; a universal bearer, and when 



