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HEPORT OX THE 



No. 33 



DOWNER. (Downer's Late.) 



A delicious dessert cherry. 

 ORIGIN: Massachusetts. 



TREE: A vigorous, upright grower; fairly productive; group, Heart. 

 FRUIT: Size, large, I X 5 form, heart-shaped; stem, 1 to 1* inches long; apex 

 slight depression; color, bright shiny red, marbled. 



FLESH: Creamy white; texture tender, melting; flavor rich and sweet. 

 QUALITY: Very good for dessert; fair for cooking. 

 VALUE: Market, second class. 

 SEASON: Mid July. 



EAGLE. (Black Eagle.) 



A very excellent dessert cherry, well deserving a place in the home garden, but not 

 sufficiently productive to be recommended for the commercial orchard. The average 

 annual yield of large trees at Maplehurst is from twenty-five to thirty quarts. The 

 fruit is usually in scattered clusters, and often borne singly, making the gathering ex- 

 pensive. In England, this variety is more 

 productive than in Canada. 



OKIGTX: England, 1810, by Miss 10. 

 Knight, of Downton Castle, from Biggareau 

 and May Duke. 



TREE: Second rate in vigor, of a round 

 spreading habit; third rate in productive- 

 ness; group, Bigarreau. 



FRUIT: Medium to large, averaging 

 about 13-16 long by 15-16 of an inch wide; 

 form, obtuse heart j shaped, almost roundish 

 oblate; skin dark red, becoming almost 

 black; stalk slender, 1% to 1% inches long 

 in a medium cavity; stone, small. 



FLESH: Dark purple; texture tender 

 and juicy; flavor very sweet, rich and 

 delicious. 



QUALITY: Very good for dessert. 



VALUE: First class for near markets; 

 second rate for distant markets, because it 

 soon decays. 



SEASON: Mid Julv. BLACK EAGLE (Reduced). 



EARLY PURPLE. (Early Purple Q-uigne.) 



The earliest cherry is the Early Purple, a foreign variety known in France as the 

 Early Purple Guigne. The tree is a vigorous, upright grower, and becomes quite pro- 

 ductive as it acquires age. Frequently the birds destroy the fruit before it matures, 

 and if gathered as soon as colored red, it is little more than " skin and bones." The 

 last few days of growth, the fruit fills out wonderfully, and then becomes almost a 

 so-called " black cherry." Not usually profitable. 



TREE: Upright, vigorous, healthy; productive when full grown. 



FRUIT: Medium size; roundish heart-shaped; skin, dark red to purple; stem, two 

 inches long in a shallow cavity; suture obscure. 



FLESH: Red to purple; texture, tender, juicy; flavor, sweet and pleasant. 



QUALITY: Dessert, good. 



VALUE: Market, second class. 



SEASON: Mid June. 



ADAPTATION: Grown at Maplehurst for thirty years and quite hardy; recommended 

 for trial north of Lake Ontario. 



