1914 



FKUITS OF ONTARIO. 



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KNIGHT. (Knight's Early Black.) 



A delicious early, black cherry, ripening about a week in advance of Black Tar- 

 tarian. It is a regular and even bearer. The fruit is borne singly, or, occasionally, in 

 pairs, and, therefore, is not gathered as rapidly as those varieties which grow in clus- 

 ters. It is one of the most valuable dessert cherries, but not so productive as the 

 Tartarian. 



ORIGIN: England, by T. A. Knight, 

 in 1810, from Bigarreau, crossed with 

 May Duke. 



TREE: Healthy, fairly vigorous, 

 with spreading head; second rate in 

 > productiveness; group, Heart. 



FRTJIT: Medium to large; iform, 

 obtuse, heart-shaped, uneven; skin, 

 dark red or purple, becoming almost 

 black, if allowed to hang; stalk, two 

 inches long in a rather large cavity. 



FLESH: Dark red to purple; tex 

 ture, tender and juicy, but firmer than 

 Tartarian; flavor, sweet, rich and de- 

 licious; stone, small. 



QUALITY: Very good for all pur- 

 poses. 



VALUE: For market, first class. 

 SEASON: Late June. 



KNIGHT. 



KOSLOV. (Koslov Morello.) 



A valuable dwarf growing cherry of the Morello class, which is extremely hardy, 

 and promises to be of the greatest value in the cold sections of Ontario. 



ORIGIN: Fifty trees of this variety were imported from Jaroslav Niemetz, of Win- 

 nitza Podolie, Russia, in 1889, by Mr. Linus Woolverton, then Secretary of the Ontario 

 Fruit Growers' Association, and by him distributed among the directors, and a few 

 sent to Dr. Wm. S'aunders, of the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa. 



TREE: Habit, bush form, very slow of growth, might be planted six feet apart in a 

 field and cultivated two ways; very hardy, Niemetz says it has endured a temperature 

 of 46 degrees below zero in Russia; very productive. 



FRUIT: Fairly large; form, roundish; color, dark red, turning black at maturity; 

 stalk, one and a half inches long, set in a slight depression; suture, traceable. 



FLESH: Red, turning dark red at maturity; texture, tender, juicy; flavor, mild acid. 

 QUALITY: Cooking, good. 

 VALUE: Almost first class. 



SEASON: Early August. 



