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REPORT ON THE 



No. 24 



EAGLl-:. [Black luigU.) 



A very excellent dessei't clieiry, Avell deservinj; a place in the home garden, but not 

 surticiently pioiluctive to be recommended foj' tlie cominercial orchard. The average annual 

 yield of large tiees at -Maplehin'ft is froui twenty-live to thirty quarts. The fruit is usually 



in scatiered clusters, and often borne i-ingly, 

 making the gathering expensive. In England 

 this variety is more productive than in Canada. 



Okigi.n : England. ISIO, by Mi^s I". Knight, 

 of Ddwntou Castle, from Bigaireau and i\l:iy 

 Duke. 



TuEE : second rate in vigor, of a round 

 spreading habit; thii'd rate in productiveness ; 

 group, Bigarreau. 



Fkuit : medium to large, averaging about 

 \l long by \i of an inch wide ; form obtuse 

 heart-shaped, almost ronndish oblate ; skin 

 dark red, becoming almost black ; stalk slender, 

 i J to ] J inches long in a medium cavity ; suture 

 obsolete ; stone small. 



Flesh : dark purple ; texture tender and 

 juicy ; flavor very sweet, rich and delicious. 



Quality : very good for dessert. 



Value ; first cla.'rS for near markets ; second 

 rate for distant markets because it soon decays. 

 Black Eagle. (Eeduced). Shasox : mid ,Tuly. 



ELTON. 



An excellent dessert cherry for the 

 garden, but too soft and too much in- 

 clined to rot, to be worthy of a place in 

 the commercial orchard. 



Origin: England. 



Tree : a vigorous grower ; upright in 

 habit; quite productive. 



Fruit : medium to laige ; color pale 

 yellow with red bhisli ; stem two inche.s 

 long set in a deep cavity. 



Flesh: light yellow; texture deli- 

 cate, tender, moderately juicy; flavor 

 sweet, vinous, delicious. 



Ouality : dessei't good ; cooking fair. 



Value: fair, but like most whit° 

 cherries, not popular in the market, be- 

 cause inclined to show the slightest 

 bruises. 



Season: earlv Jnlv. 



Elton. 



