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No. 24 



KNIGHT. {Knight's Early Blade.) 



A delicious early, black cherry, ripening about a week in advance of Black Tartarian. It 

 is a regular and even bearer. Tiie fruit 



is borne singly, or, occasionally, in pairs, a!!''**. 



and therefore is not gathered as rapidly 

 as those varieties which grow in clusters. 

 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. 



Thee : he-ilthy, fairly vigorous, with 

 apreading head; second rate in produc- / 'i 



tiveness ; group, Heart. ' | 



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FuuiT ; medium to large ; form obtuse, , ^ 



heart-shaped, uneven; skin dark led or ■ *) 



pur|)le, becoming almost black if allowed ^ 



to hang ; stalk two inches long in a rather -^^ J^ 



'r.i'je cavity. % 



Fle.sh : dark red to purple; texture 



tender and juicy, but firmer than Tar- ^^^_ ,^^" 



tarian ; flavor sweet, rich and delicious ; •^^, ,, /,»■' 

 stiine small. ' -^^ „ 



Quality : very good for all purposes. 



Value : for market first class. 



Season : late June. 



Knight. 



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KOSLOV. (Ku^'lar MnreUi,.) 



A valuable dwarf gi'owing cherry of the Morello cla.ss, which is e.xtremely hardy, a]:d 

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



Origin : fifty trees of this variety were imported from Jaroslav Nieraetz of Winnitza 

 Podolie, Russia, in 1889 by Mr. Linus Wool verton, then Secretary of the Ontario Fruit Growers' 

 Association, and by him distributed among the directors, and a few sent to Dr. "Wm. Saunders 

 of the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa. 



Tree : habit bush form, very slow of growth, might be planted six feet apart in a field mid 

 cultivated two ways; very hardy, Niemetz says it has endured a temperature of 46 le^'iees 

 below zero in Russia ; very productive. 



FnuiT : fairly large ; form roundish ; color dark red, turning lilack at maturity ; Sialk one 

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



Flksh : red, turnijig dark red at maturity ; texture tender, juicy ; flavor mild acid. 



Quality : cooking good. 



Value : almost first class. 



Season : early August. 



