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DESCRIPTIONS 



3. KNIGHT'S EARLY BLACK. 



Fruit large, or of the largest description, considerably wider than high; base indented; 

 indentation less broad than in the Black Tartarian, and deeper. Color black ; surface 

 uneven. Flesh dark crimson ; tender and juicy. The proportion in height and width 

 differ from the Black Tartarian, as well as in the depth and width of the indentation, 

 and from the Black Eagle in being proportionally narrower towards the apex. Ripens 

 about the second week in June. 



4. WENDELL'S MOTTLED BIGARREAU. 



Fig. 1, 



Fruit of the medium size, 

 or larger, obtuse heart- 

 shaped ; wider thanhigh, 

 base indented. Color 

 dark red when ripe, and 

 faintly mottled wilh 

 lighter. Stem of a me- 

 dium length. Flesh firm, 

 ♦.^ crisp, high flavored. Tree 

 of a vigorous growth. 

 Originated with Dr. Her- 

 man Wendell, Albany, 

 and first described in the 

 American Journal of Agri- 

 culture. 



