1905 



FRUITS OF ONTARIO. 



97 



ROCK PORT. 



A Bigarreau originated b) Prof. Kirkland, of Cleveland, Ohio. Its season of ripening is 

 about the game 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 varieiy at .Alaplehurst 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 cuvei'ed with bright red. 



Flesh : pale j'ellow ; texture firm, juicy ; flavor sweet and good. 



Quality : dessert or cooking good. 



Value; market second class. 



Se.\son' : late June. 



ROYAL DUKE. 



A fins pie cherry, but it ripens unevenly, and is inferior to the Late Duke both 

 in quality and productiveness. 



Origin : France. 



Tree: very upright; vigorous; fairly productive; Duke. 



Fruit : medium size, half by three-quarters of an inch in diameter ; form roundish, 

 heait shapie ; color light red, crimson on sunny side; stem one and a half inches long 

 set in a round regular cavity ; apex a dimple. 



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Ror.-^L DtiKE. 



Flesh: flesh color; texture moderately firm, juicy; flavor subacid. 

 Quality : cooking good. 

 Value : market first class. 

 Season : early Jul3'. 



7 F. O. 



