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Elkhorn. [Syn. Tradescant's Black-Heart, Largo Black 

 Bigarreau.) Large, heart-shaped, surface slightly une- 

 ven, black, stalk rather short, or an inch and a fourth 

 long, cavi:y rather deep; llesh solid firnn, not juicy, with 

 a high, fine flavor, bitter before fully ripe. Kather late. 

 Shoots dark gray. 



Section U. Fruit medium in size. 



Black Bigarreau. Size medium, heart-shaped, black, re- 

 sembling externally the Black Heart ; flesh firm, rathei 

 dry, flavor poor. Ra'her late. 



The Black Bigarreau of Savoy scarcely differs from this. 



Gridley. {Sy?i. Apple Cherry.) Size medium, roundish. 

 black; stalk ratlier short, cavity shallow ; flesh purplish. 

 firm, moderately juicy, rather high-flavored. Stone small, 

 Late. Profusely productive, but only second-rate. Ori 

 gin, Roxbury, Mass. 



WendeWs Mottled Bigarreau. Medium or rather large, ob- 

 tuse heart-shaped, dark red becoming nearly black,, mot- 

 tled with dark streaks or points; suture a dark line on 

 one side ; stalk medium ; cavity round, regular ; flesh 

 firm, crisp, high-flavored; stone small. Kaiher late 

 Growth upright. Albany, N. Y. New. 



Sub-class 11. Fruit brig/it red or lighter. 



BIGARREAU OR GRAFFIOX. {Syn. Yellow Spanish 

 White Bigarreau of Mass.) Very large, often an inch in 

 dian:eter, obtuse heart-shaped, very smooth, regular, base 

 flattened ; surface clear, pale waxen yellow, with a hand- 

 some light red cheek to the sun ; stalk an inch and three- 

 fourths long, cavity very wide, shallow ; flesh firm, with a 

 fine, rich flavor. Season mediu'^, or last of '• mo., (June.) 

 Shoots stout, diverging or spreading. This variety, al- 

 though not of the highest flavor, has becoi-\o, from its great 

 size, beauty, and productiveness, a sceneral favorite. 



The Late Bigarreau, originated with Dr. Kirtland, of Cleve- 

 land, resembles this, but is slightly less in size, decpei 

 red, and ripens about ten days later. 



