A. B. Hood Cs Co.’s Descriptive Catalogue 
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HEART AND BIQARREAU CHERRIES, con. 
Governor Wood. One of the liest of Dr. 
Kirkland’s seedlings, and deserves a 
place in every good collection ; fruit large, 
skin light yellow, shaded with bright red ; 
Mesh nearly tender, juicy, sweet, rich and 
delicious ; tree vigorous and productive. 
J line. 
Knight’s Early Black. Large, black ; a 
very juicy, tender and e.xcellent early 
kind ; tree quite vigorous and a good 
bearer. Middle of June. 
Napoleon Bigarreau. A magniticent 
Cherry of the largest size ; pale yellow, 
with a bright red cheek ; flesh very firm, 
juicy ;ind sweet ; tree a vigorous, erect 
grower, and bears enormous crops. 
Profitable for marketing. June. 
Rockport Bigarreau. Large, deep bril- 
liant red ; Mesh rather firm, juicy, sweet, 
rich, with an e.\cellent flavor ; a very de- 
sirable and profitable Cherry. Reginning 
of June. 
Schmidt’s Bigarreau. This noble Cherry 
was introduced into England from Bel- 
gium by Mr. Rivers, and is by far the 
largest of all black Bigarreau Cherries. 
Emit grows in clusters and is of large size, 
round and somewhat oblate ; the skin is 
of a deep black color ; flesh <lark, tender, 
very juicy, with a fine, rich Mavor. The 
stone is very small for the size of the fruit. 
Windsor. 'I'he tree is vigorous, hardy 
and an early and good bearer ; the Cher- 
ries are obtuse heart-shaped, dark purple 
or nearly black, the flesh quite tirtn, line 
in te.xture and rich in flavor ; ripens earlv. 
DUKE AND MORELLO 
The Dukes and Morelhis are not so 
vigorous and upright in their growth as 
the Hearts and Bigarreaus, forming low, 
spreading heads, with acid or subacid 
fruit. 
Dyehouse. In hardine.ss and general 
appearance resembles Early Richmond, 
but is of finer (piality and several days 
earlier ; it produces very regular annual 
crops ; fruit medium ; skin bright red, 
darkened in the sun ; Mesh soft, juicy, 
tender, sprightly subacid, rather ricli ; 
partakes of both the Morello and Duke in 
growth, wood and fruit ; it is \ ery pro- 
ductive. We consider it superior to Early 
Richmond. 
English Morello. .Above medium size ; 
skin dtirk red, becoming nearly black ; 
flesh juicy, subacid, rich. July. 
Early Richmond, or Kentish. Medium 
size, red ; flesh melting, juicy, and, at 
maturity, of a rich acid flavor ; \ery pro- 
ductive ; fine for cooking. Commences 
ripening last of May and hangs long on 
the tree. 
Late Duke. Large; light red; Mesh 
pale amber, subacid ; desirable as a late 
Cherry ; productive. Ripens gradually 
from the middle to the last of July. 
May Duke. Medium size ; dark red ; 
melting, rich and juicy; an old and popular 
.sort ; ripens after Early Purple Cuigne. 
Montmorency Large-fruited. Emit large 
and the finest flavored of any in this class ; 
tree a very free grower, htirdy and prolific. 
Montmorency Ordinaire. A beautiful, 
large red, acitl Cherry ; larger than Early 
Richmond and fully ten days later ; ver)’ 
prolific and hardy ; a \ariety of great 
value ; tree ;i free grower. 
Olivet. Large, very shining, deep red, 
tender, rich and vinous, with a very sweet, 
subacid flavor. It ripens in May or early 
June. 
Ostheim. (Russian.) Rather slender 
grower ; very hardy ; fruit of good size 
and quality ; trees are very productive. 
Reine Hortense. A Erench Cherry of 
.gretit e.xcellence ; large ; bright red ; flesh 
tender, juicy, very slightly subacid and 
delicious ; tree vigorous and productive ; 
one of the very best Cherries. I ,ast of J line. 
Early Richmond. 
" ShipmeiU (i.ooo Itlberlas) received. It was the prettiest lot of trees ever received by ine.’’— J. R, 
Cantkloi;, Montgomery, .Ala., March ji , 
