THE CHERRY. 



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Fruit below medium size, rather heart-shaped often a little one- 

 sided. Suture quite distinct. Stalk an inch and three-fourths long, 

 rather slender, inserted in a wide shallow cavity. Skin dull whitish 

 yellow, tinged and speckled with pale red in the sun. Flesh half tender, 

 unless fully ripe, when it is melting, with a sweet and pleasant flavor. 

 Good. First of June. Manning's Early White similar to above. 



ELIZABETH. 



Originated by Caleb Atwater, Ohio. Tree vigorous, upright, very 

 prolific. 



Fruit medium to large, heart-shaped. Skin rich dark red when fully 

 ripe. Flesh half-tender, juicy, pleasantly sweet. Good. Eipe middle 

 to last of June. 



ELTON. 



Bigarreau Couleur de Chair. 

 Flesh-colored Bigarreau. 

 Gros Bigarreau Couleur de Chair. 

 Gros Bigarreau Blanc. 

 Bigarreau a Gros Fruit Blanc. 

 Large Heart-shaped Bigarreau. 



Bigarreau de Rocmont. 



Coeur de Pigeon. 



Belle de Rocmont ? 



Elton Kirsche. 



Elton's Bunte Knorpelkirsche. 



The Elton, a seedling raised in 1806, by the late President of the 

 London Horticultural Society, is certainly one 

 of the first of Cherries in all respects. The 

 trees grow very vigorously, and are readily 

 known, when in foliage, by the unusually dark 

 red color of the foot-stalks of the leaves. 



Fruit large, rather pointed heart-shaped. 

 Skin thin, shining, pale yellow on the shaded 

 side, but with a cheek next the sun delicately 

 mottled and streaked with bright red. Stalk 

 long and slender. Flesh somewhat firm at 

 first, but becoming nearly tender, juicy, with 

 a very rich and luscious flavor, not surpassed 

 by any large Cherry known. Ripens about 

 the middle of June, or directly after the May- 

 duke. 



ESPEREN BIGARREAU. 



Bigarreau d'Esperin. 

 Bigarreau des Vignes. 



Tree vigorous, rather spreading, productive. 



Fruit large, roundish heart-shaped. Skin 

 yellowish white, mottled and shaded with bright 

 rich red. Stalk long, rather slender, inserted Elton. 



in a large cavity. Flesh rather firm, juicy, and 



good flavor. Good. Eipe middle of July. This may yet prove the 

 same as Napoleon Bigarreau. 



FAVORITE. 

 Elliott's Favorite. 

 Tree vigorous and productive. 

 Fruit small to medium. Stalk long, rather slender, in a slight de- 



