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PLYMOUTH. (Plymouth Rock.} 



A valuable white Bigarreau, because not subject to rot, and a fine shipper. 



ORIGIN: Connecticut. 



TREE: vigorous; very productive; an early bearer. 



FRUIT: medium* f x % of an inch; heart shaped; color, bright red in sun on yellowish 

 ground; stem, 1 inches long in a one-sided cavity. 



FLESH: yellow; texture, tender, meaty, moderately juicy; flavor, sweet, rich, ex- 

 cellent. 



QUALITY: very good for dessert. 



VALUE: market, second class. 



SEASON: mid July. 



RICHMOND. (Early Richmond.) 

 (Virginian May; Kentish Pie of Hogg; Hative of LeRoy.) 



This Morello cherry appears to be of French origin, and George Lindley supposed 

 that it had been brought into England from Flanders in the reign of Henry III. 



TREE: slow grower, slender in branch; very hardy; very productive in proportion 

 to its size. FRUIT: Below medium, 



free from rot and not very 

 subject to curculio; form, 

 a" 1 m o s t round, though 

 slightly flattened ; skin, 

 uniformly of a bright red, 

 becoming darker as it ma- 

 tures; stem slender, about 

 one inch in length, often 

 carrying the calyx, in- 

 serted in a good-sized 

 cavity; apex, set in a small 

 indentation. 



__ ^_ FLESH: very tender in 



texture ; yellowish with 

 abundant uncolored juice: 

 RICHMOND. flavor quite acid; pit small. 



QUALITY: poor for dessert, but first class for all culinary purposes. 



VALUE: very good for market. 



SEASON: early to mid July. 



ADAPTATION: succeeds wherever cherries are grown in the Province. 



ROCKPORT. 



A Bigarreau originated by Prof. Kirtland, of Cleveland, Ohio. Its season of ripen- 

 ing is about the same as Governor Wood, but it is a heavier bearer of fruit, about the 

 same size and less highly colored. It would be profitable were it not so subject to rot, 

 but nearly every year we have lost a large portion of the crop of this variety at Maple- 

 hurst from this cause. Like the other Bigarreaus, it is too firm a cherry to be a 

 favorite with the birds. 



TREE: upright, spreading; fairly vigorous; very productive. 



FRUIT: large, roundish, obtuse, heart-shaped; skin, amber, nearly covered with 

 bright red. 



FLESH: pale yellow; texture, firm, juicy; flavor, sweet and good. 



QUALITY: dessert or cooking good. 



VALUE: market, second class. 



SEASON: late June 



