84 FRUIT FARMING 



WHITE HEART OR B1GARREAU CHERRIES. 



1. Frogmore Bigarreau A valuable early kind ; free 

 grower; profuse bearer. 



2. Bigarreau, Kent, or Amber Heart Well known 

 as the finest for general crop ; makes a large tree. 



3. Napoleon Bigarreau Valuable to succeed No. 2 ; 

 a free grower and good cropper, being large and late, 

 it makes good prices. 



4. Florence, or Wellington Very large and late, 

 hanging well on the tree. These are generally kept 

 back as long as possible, and often realise 305. a 

 bushel, sent up in peck baskets. 



BLACK HEART CHERRIES. 



5. Rivers' Early A very fine sort, now extensively 

 planted ; the earliest black ; a good cropper and 

 grower. This has become an established favourite ; 

 it requires pruning the first five years to get the 

 branches erect, being naturally a pendant grower. 



6. Knight's Early Black A free bearing sort of 

 splendid flavour. 



7. Black Heart A fine old favourite, ripening 

 early ; very hardy. 



8. Black Eagle Very large shining fruit of excellent 

 flavour ; travels well ; free grower. 



9. Waterloo Extra fine flavour ; does not crack in 

 wet weather, and hangs for a long time fit for market. 



10. Black Tartarian or Circassian Strong grower, 

 producing enormous fruit; about the latest to pick. 



11. Windsor A hardy American variety that pro- 

 duces very freely ; growth compact ; fruit reddish black. 



There are many local sorts and some new ones that 

 we think will prove useful, but many prove synonymous 

 with older kinds. 



