Heart- Shaped. ^ 389 



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 Bigarreait. 



for the small garden. The Holland Bigarreau closely resembles 

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



