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THE CHERRY. 
Fruit medium size, roundish, heart-shaped. Stem long, in* 
serted in a rather shallow cavity ; suture indistinct, skin smooth, 
dark red, becoming purple at maturity. Flesh purple, tender, 
juicy, with a rich and sweet flavour. 
Has proved hardy at the West, and well adapted to their 
climate. 
Elton. Thomp. Lind. P. Mag. 
Bigarreau, Couleur de Chair. 
Noisette. 
Flesh-coloured Bigarreau. 
Gros Bigarreau, Couleur de Chair, 
Gros Bigarreau Blanc. 
Bigarreau a Gros Fruit Blanc. 
Large Heart-shaped Bigarreau, of Manning. 
Bigarreau de Rocmont. 
Coeur de Pigeon. 
Belle de Rocmont? 
The Elton, a seedling raised in 1806, 
by the late President of the London Hor- 
ticultural Society, is certainly one of the 
first of cherries in all respects. Its large 
size, early maturity, beautiful appear- 
ance, luscious flavour, and productiveness, 
render it universally esteemed. It is a 
cross-bred variety raised from the Bigar- 
reau or Graffion with the White Heart 
for its male parent. The trees grow very 
vigorously, and are readily known, when 
in foliage, by the unusually dark red co- 
lour of the footstalks of the leaves. 
Fruit large, rather pointed, heart 
shaped. Skin thin, shining, pale yellow 
on the shaded side, but with a cheek next 
the sun delicately mottled and streaked 
with bright red. Stalk long and slender. 
Flesh somewhat firm at first, but becom- 
ing nearly tender, juicy, with a very rich 
and luscious flavour, not surpassed by any 
large cherry known. Ripens about the 
middle of June, or directly after the May- 
duke. 
Governor Wood. Elliott. 
Raised by Professor Kirtland, Cleveland, Ohio, and is proba- 
bly one of the best of all his seedlings. It deserves a place in 
every good collection. Tree vigorous, forming a round regular 
head, very productive. 
Fruit large, roundish, heart-shaped. Skin light yellow, shaded 
and marbled with bright red. Suture half round. Stem ar 
