322 SELECT VARIETIES OF FRUITS. 



4. Black Eagle. Large, black, tender, juicy, rich and 

 high flavored. Tree a rapid, stout grower and productive. 

 Ripe beginning of July to the 15th. English. 



5. Black Tartarian. Yery large, purplish black, half 

 tender; flavor mild and pleasant. Tree a remarkably 

 vigorous, erect and beautiful grower, and an immense 

 bearer. Ripe last of June and beginning of July. One 

 of the most popular varieties in all parts of the country. 

 Russian. 



6. Burr's Seedling. =Large, pointed ; flesh color in the 

 shade, pale red in the sun ; tender, sw r eet and delicious. 

 In luxuriant foliage and stateliness of growth it surpasses 

 even the Black Tartarian. Beginning of July. New; 

 origin, Perrinton, Monroe county. New York. 



7. Coe's Transparent. Medium size, pale amber, red 

 and mottled next the sun ; tender, sweet and fine. End 

 of June here. Tree vigorous and erect. Origin, Middle- 

 town, Conn. 



8. Davenport's Early. Yery similar in all respects to 

 Black Heart, but a few days earlier. American. 



9. Downers Late Red. Rather large, light red, tender 

 and juicy; slightly bitter until fully ripe, when it is 

 most delicious. Tree is a vigorous erect grower, and pro- 

 ductive. Tenth to twentieth of July. American, and one 

 of the best of all. 



10. Early White Heart. Medium size, yellowish white, 

 red in the sun ; tender and sweet, growth moderately 

 vigorous and erect. Middle and last of June. 



11. Early Purple Guigne. Small to medium size, pur- 

 ple, tender, juicy and sweet. Growth slender and spread- 

 ing. Ripe at same time as Bauman's May. French. 



12. Elton. Large, pointed ; pale yellow, nearly covered 

 with light red; half tender, juicy, rich and delicious. 

 Tree vigorous, spreading and irregular. End of June. 

 English. 



