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THE CHERRT. 



Fig. 281. 

 Bigarreau or Graffion, 



Cleveland Bigarkeau. Very large, round-heart-shaped 

 suture broad and deep half way round j color, bright 

 clear, delicate red, or amber yellow ; stalk an inch and a 

 half long, curved; flesh firm, juicy, sweet, very rich. 

 Season early, or with Black Tartarian, Resembles the 

 Graffion, but ten days earlier. Origin, Cleveland, 

 New. 



ELTON. Large, pointed, heart-shaped, somewhat oblong 

 pale yellow blotched and shaded with red j stalk two 

 inches long, slender ; flesh firm, becoming rather tender, 

 rich, high-flavored, excellent. Season medium or rather 

 early. Growth spreading, rather bending, petioles red- 

 dish purple. A cross between the Graffion and White 

 Heart. One of the finest of cherries. English. Ra*' 

 ther tender in very severe climates. 



The Flesh-Colored Bigarreau, or the Large ^Heart-Shaped 

 Bigarreau of Manning, the Bigarreau Couleur de Chai 



