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THE CIIERHY. 



Fig. 230. 

 Florence. 



Tig. 281. 

 Bigarreau or Grajfion. 



Fig. 278. Fig. 279. 



Elton. Holland Bigarreau. 



Cleveland Bigarreau. Verv large, round-heart-shaped 

 sur . oroad and deep half way round ; color, bright 

 clear, delicate red, or amber yellow ; stalk an inch and a 

 half long, curved; flesh firm, juicy, sweet, very rich 

 Season "early, or with Black Tartarian, Resembles the 

 Graffion, but ten days earlier. Origin, Cleveland, 

 New. 



ELTON. Large, pointed, heart-shaped, so.r.ewhat oblong 

 pale yellow blotched and shaded with red ; stalk two 

 inches long, slender; flesh firm, becoming rather tender, 

 rich, high-flavored, excellent. Season medium or rather 

 early. Growth spreading, rather bending, petioles red- 

 dish purple. A cross between the Graffion and White 

 Heart. One of the finest of cherries. English. Ra- 

 ther tender in very severe climates. 



T\ie Flesh-Colored Bigarreau, or the Large Heart-Shaped 

 Bigarreau of Manning, the Bigarreau Couleur de Chai 



