THE CHERRIES OF NEW YORK 309 



moderately productive; fruit large, cordate, flattened at the base; skin dark purplish-red; 

 cavity open; flesh yellowish, firm, juicy, sweet; pit large; season the middle of July. 

 Puhlmann Friihe. P. avium, i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 373. 1889. 2. Proskauer Obst- 

 sort. 57. 1907. 



Listed as an early black Heart. 

 Punktirte Marmorkirsche. P. avium. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 3:4.2. 1858. 



Punctirte SUsskirsche mitfestem Fleische. 2. Christ Wo>ter6. 281. 1802. 3. Truch- 

 sess-Heim Kirschensort. 333-336. 1819. 



Bigarreau Ponctu^. 4. MasLe Wrger 8:81, 82, fig. 39. 1866-73. 



Punktirte Knorpelkirsche. 5. III. Handb. 57 fig., 58. 1867. 



Tree vigorous, upright; fruit roundish-cordate, large; suture deep; stem long, adhering 

 to the stone; cavity deep; color yellowish-white overspread with clear red; flesh rather 

 tender but firm, fibrous, translucent, sweet; pit round, often rather large; ripens at the 

 end of July. 

 Punktirte Molkenkirsche. P. avium. 1. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstkunde 3: 2g. 1858. 



Tree very large, branches long; fruit large, obtuse-cordate; suture indistinct; color 

 yellow more or less overspread with red; flesh sweet; stone small, cordate; ripens early 

 in July. 



Purity (I). P. avium, i. Wickson Cal. Fruits 289. 1889. 2. Mich. Sta. Bui. 177:31. 

 1899. 



Purity (I) is a seedling of Elton which originated with W. H. Chapman, Napa, Cali- 

 fornia, and was propagated by Leonard Coates of that place. Tree upright-spreading, 

 fairly vigorous; fruit heart-shaped, compressed; suture broad, rather indistinct; stem long, 

 slender; cavity broad, shallow; skin amber, shaded and mottled with bright red, waxy, 

 transparent, thin; flesh rich, sweet, tender, juicy, melting; very good; season early; rather 

 too tender for market. 

 Purity (n). P. cerasus. i. Ont. Dept. Agr. Fr. Ont. loi. 19 14. 



This is a productive cherry of the Morello class which resembles Dyehouse and ripens 

 a little earlier than Early Richmond. Tree moderately vigorous, healthy, bears early; 

 fruit of medium size, roundish; stem long; cavity deep; apex noticeably depressed; skin 

 very dark red; flesh yellowish, tender, very juicy, pleasant subacid;' quality good; season 

 late June to early July. 

 Quaker. P avium. 1. U. S. D. A. Rpt. 262. 1892. 



Quaker originated with C. E. Hoskins, Newberg, Oregon. Fruit of medium size, heart- 

 shaped, dark red, almost black; dots numerous; flesh firm, dark purple, sprightly, sweet; 

 quality very good; season early July. 

 Rainier French. Species? i. Land. Hort. Soc. Cat. 55. 1831. 



Listed without a description. 

 Red Bigarreau. P. avium, i. Knoop Fructologie 2:^5, ^8. 1771- 2. Prince Pow. Man. 

 2:126. 1832. 3. Elliott Fr. 5oo/fe 219. 1854. 



Bigarreau a Gros Fruit Rouge. 4. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 1:163-165, PL II. 1768. 

 S. Tmchsess-Heim Kirschensort. ioS. 1819. 6. Pom. France yiNo. j, PI. j. 1871. 



Purpurrothe Knorpelkirsche. 7. Truchsess-Heim Kirschensort. 340, 683, 684. 1819. 



