Heart- Shaped. 371 



KIRTLAND'S MARY. Quite large, round heart-shaped, regular, 

 base somewhat flattened ; color light and dark red, deeply mar- 

 bled on a yellow ground ; stalk an inch and a fourth to an inch 

 and a half long ; flesh light yellow, half tender, rich, juicy, sweet, 

 high flavored. Season medium, or with the Elton. Origin, 

 Cleveland, Ohio. 



Kirtland^s Mammoth. Very large, obtuse heart-shaped ; rich red 

 on bright, clear yellow ; flesh rather tender, with a fine, high fla- 

 vor. A moderate bearer. End of June. Cleveland, Ohio. 



Mannings Mottled. (Mottled Bigarreau.) Medium or rather large, 

 round heart-shaped, suture distinct ; color amber, shaded and 

 mottled with red ; semi-transparent, glossy ; stalk slender, cavity 

 shallow ; flesh yellow, tender when ripe, sweet, good. Stone 

 rather large. Season, end of June. Shoots dark. Productive. 

 Origin, Salem, Mass. 



NAPOLEON BIGARREAU. Very large, regularly heart-shaped, 

 remotely oblong ; skin pale yellow and amber, spotted and shaded 

 with deep red ; stalk an inch and a fourth long ; flesh very firm, 

 with a fine but hardly first-rate flavor. Rather late. Shoots with 

 a light greenish cast. Growth rather erecT:, vigorous. Very pro- 

 ductive, and good for market, but too firm and deficient in flavor 



Fig. 409. Fig. 410. 



Rockport Bigarreau. Napoleon Bigarrea^ 



for the small garden. The Holland Bigarreau closely resembles 

 the above, and is thought by some to be identical. 



