84 FRUIT FARMING 



WHITE HEART OR BIGARREAU CHERRIES. 



1. Frogmore Bigarreau — A valuable early kind ; free 

 grower ; profuse bearer. 



2. Bigarreau, Kent, or Amber Heart— Well known 

 as the finest for general crop ; makes a large tree. 



3. Napoleon Bigarreau — Valuable to succeed No. 2 ; 

 a free grower and good cropper, being large and late, 

 it makes good prices. 



4. Florence, or Wellington — Very large and late, 

 hanging well on the tree. These are generally kept 

 back as long as possible, and often realise 30s. a 

 bushel, sent up in peck baskets. 



BLACK HEART CHERRIES. 



5. Rivers' Early — A very fine sort, now extensively 

 planted ; the earliest black ; a good cropper and 

 grower. This has become an established favourite ; 

 it requires pruning the first five years to get the 

 branches erect, being naturally a pendant grower. 



6. Knight's Early Black— A free bearing sort of 

 splendid flavour. 



7. Black Heart — A fine old favourite, ripening 

 early ; very hardy. 



8. Black Eagle — Very large shining fruit of excellent 

 flavour ; travels well ; free grower. 



g. Waterloo — Extra fine flavour ; does not crack in 

 wet weather, and hangs for a long time fit for market. 



10. Black Tartarian or Circassian — Strong grower, 

 producing enormous fruit ; about the latest to pick. 



11. Windsor— A hardy American variety that pro- 

 duces very freely; growth compact; fruit reddish black. 



There are many local sorts and some new ones that 

 we think will prove usdul, but many prove synonymous 

 with older kinds. 



