CHERRIES 



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amber mottled with red, tender, sweet, good 

 flavor, second rate, productive. 



Ohio Beauty, large, heart shaped, dark and 

 pale red marbled, tender, juicy, high flavor, tree 

 very vigorous, productive. 



Osceola, medium to large, heart shape, pur- 

 plish red, nearly black, sweet, juicy, rich flavor. 



Pontiac, large, heart shape, purplish red, 

 nearly black, tender, sweet, juicy, pleasant 

 flavor. 



Powhattan, medium, roundish, bright liver 

 colored, half tender, sweet, juicy, pleasant, not 

 high flavor, tree vigorous, productive. 



Robert's Red Heart, large, obtuse heart, bright 

 red, excellent flavor. 



Sparhawk's Honey, medium, round heart, pale 

 | amber to bright red, sweet, juicy, fine flavor, 

 I rather late, very productive. 



Tecnmseh, medium to large, heart shape, red- 

 I dish purple, mottled, half tender, sweet, very 

 j juicy, not high flavor, hardy, late in blossoming. 



Werder's Early Black, medium, roundish he art, 

 j purplish red, nearly black, tender, sweet, juicy, 

 I rich flavor. 



White French Gnigne, rather large, creamy 

 I white, sweet, tender, juicy, excellent, tree vig- 

 orous, very productive. White Cherries are not 

 1 liable to attack from Birds, as Red and Black 

 ; Cherries are. 



CLASS II— BIG AKREAU CHERRIES. 



Bigarrean de Mezel, very large, heart shaped, 

 dark red, firm, sweet, excellent, beautiful, highly 

 esteemed, growth very crooked and irregular. 



Black Bigarrean of Savoy, very large, round- 

 ish heart, shining black, beautiful, firm, fine fla- 

 vor, excellent, tree vigorous, productive. One 

 of the most admired varieties. 



Black Hawk, large, heart shape, deep purplish 

 black, sweet, juicy, rich, fine flavor, estimable. 



Bnttncr's Yellow, medium, roundish, pale yel- 

 low, firm, sweet, good flavor, late, tree vigorous. 



China Bigarrean, medium, heart shape, amber, 

 beautifully mottled with red, half tender, sweet, 

 peculiar flavor, second rate, rather late. 

 Grown from seed by William Prince. 



Cleveland, large, roundish, bright red on 

 yellow, juicy, rich, fine flavor, very vigorous, 

 and very productive. 



Elton,"or Flesh-colored Bigarrean, large, point- 

 ed heart, pale yellow shaded red, flesh firm, be- 

 comes rather tender, rich, high flavored, excel- 

 lent, one of the finest cherries in all respects. 



Florence, large, heart shaped, amber, yellow 

 marbled with red, red cheek, firm, sweet, juicj', 

 rather late. Resembles Graffion, but later. 



Holland, large, oval heart, creamy white, mot- 

 tled red next sun, firm, sweet, good, not high 

 flavor. 



Keokuk, large, heart shape, dark purplish 

 black, tender, rather coarse, deficient in flavor, 

 does well for market, tree very vigorous. 



Late Bigarrean (Rirtland's), large, obtuse heart 

 shape, yellow, bright red cheek, firm, sweet, 

 juicy, pleasant flavor. 



Leather Stocking, medium, heart shape, deep 



: red at maturity, very firm, sweet, good flavor, 

 j bears distant transportation, vigorous, mode- 

 rately productive. 



| Large Heart Shaped, or Gros Coenret, very 

 ; large, heart shape, shining blackish red, firm, 

 \ sweet, rich, excellent flavor, a splendid fruit, 

 j tree vigorous, productive. 



Large Red Prool, Great Bigarrean of Downing, 

 ! introduced by William Prince from the south of 

 France, the largest of all Cherries, oval, heart 

 shape, splendid, shining blackish red, flesh firm, 

 red, very sweet, rich, excellent flavor, tree very 

 vigorous, productive, the first of Cherries in es- 

 timation. We have disseminated this splendid 

 Cherry for above 30 years, and other Nurseries 

 are now beginning to cultivate it. 



Napoleon, very large, heart shape, pale yel- 

 low spotted with deep red, very firm, fine flavor, 

 scarcely first rate, rather late, tree vigorous, 

 very productive, a suitable market fruit. 



Red Jacket, large, heart shape, amber shaded 

 I with pale red, tender, juicy, good, but not of 

 < high flavor, very productive, ripens late. 



Rockport, large, roundish, bright red mottled 

 ' on pale yellow, firm, sweet, juicy, rich, delicious 

 j flavor, very vigorous, productive. 



Tradescant's Black, or Elkhorn, large, oval 

 heart, black, firm, leathery, not juicy, fine fla- 

 : vor, a very beautiful variety, ripening rather 

 I late after other kinds are scarce, well suited for 

 ' distant carriage to market. 



Wendell's Mottled, medium or large, obtuse 

 heart, dark red nearly black, mottled, firm, 

 crisp, high flavored, rather late. 



CLASS III— DUKE AND MORELLO CHERRIES. 



The f ruit of this class is generalhj round, or nearly so. 



Belle de Choisy, medium, pale amber mottled 

 with red, bright red cheek, very tender and 

 very juicy, mild subacid, nearly sweet, mode- 

 rately productive. 



Carnation, creamy white, mottled with red, 

 firmer than others of this class, partially bitter 

 at first, then mild acid, rich, pleasant flavor, 

 second quality, distinct Spanish variety, 



De Planchonry, large, dark red, sweet, tender, I v ' 



Donna Maria, medium, dark red, tender, sub- 

 acid, juicy, estimable for cooking, forms a small 

 compact tree, very productive. 



Dnchesse de Pallnan, large, dark red, acid, 

 tender, juicy, excellent. 



Jeffrey's Dnke, medium, bright red, tender, 

 juicy, rich, fine flavor, growth slow, very com- 



juicy, estimable. 



Kentish, or Early Richmond, medium, full red, 



