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THE ELTON CHERRY. 



Elton. Hooker's Pomona Londineusis, t. 7. Hort. Trans, 

 vol. 2. p. 157, 302. Fruit Cat. no. 39. 



This invaluable variety v^^as raised in 1806, by- 

 Mr. Knight, from a seed of the Graffion or Ambr^e 

 Cherry, v^hich had been fecundated by the pollen 

 of the White-Heart. It was first made known 

 by Mr. Hooker, in his Pomona Londinensis, and 

 since by communications at various times to the 

 Horticultural Society. 



Its merit can scarcely be too highly spoken of. 

 In flavour it is by many considered the most de- 

 licious of Cherries ; its beauty is attested by the 

 accompanying plate ; and its hardiness and produc- 

 tiveness, whether upon a standard or against a wall, 

 are now ascertained by the united experience of all 

 who have cultivated it. It ripens in the beginning 

 of July, about the time of the May-Duke, or soon 

 after. 



The Trees are strong and healthy, with dark 

 brown wood ; the shoots are rather drooping. 



Leaves very large, doubly serrated. Petioles 

 about two inches long on the young wood, with 

 large reniform glands near the top. 



Flowers large, opening about the second or 

 third week in April. Fruit about the size of 

 the Bigarreau, and a good deal like it, but much 



