. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. ELKHORN ENGLISH MORELLO 143 ELKHORN. P. avium. Elkhorn has served its day, and is now being rapidly- superseded by other cherries of the Bigarreau group to which it belongs. It was valued by the old pomologists because of its large fruits, which have firm flesh, ripen late, are rich in flavor, and hang well on the tree long after maturity. But Elkhorn fails in bearing cher- ries quite variable in size, and in being but moderately productive. The bark of the trunk and main branches is so heavily overspread with gray as to make the color a dist
. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. ELKHORN ENGLISH MORELLO 143 ELKHORN. P. avium. Elkhorn has served its day, and is now being rapidly- superseded by other cherries of the Bigarreau group to which it belongs. It was valued by the old pomologists because of its large fruits, which have firm flesh, ripen late, are rich in flavor, and hang well on the tree long after maturity. But Elkhorn fails in bearing cher- ries quite variable in size, and in being but moderately productive. The bark of the trunk and main branches is so heavily overspread with gray as to make the color a distinguishing mark. The fruit is distinct in appearance by reason of the irregular surface of the skin. Elkhorn is an old English variety first men- tioned in America by William Prince in 1832. Tree large, very vigorous, upright, open-topped, mod- erately productive. Leaves numerous, 3% inches long, 2% inches wide, obovate, thin; margin coarsely serrate, glandular; petiole with 1-3 raised glands on the stalk. Fruit late midseason; % inch in diameter, cordate to conical, compressed; cavitj' deep, wide, flaring; suture Indistinct; apex rounded or pointed, with a slight de- pression at the center; color purplish-black; dots nu- merous, small, dark russet, inconspicuous; stem 1% inches long, adhering to the fruit ; skin thin, tender, adhering somewhat to the pulp ; flesh characteristically dark purplish-red, with very dark-colored juice, meaty, firm, crisp, sweet; of good quality; stone semi-free, ovate, flattened, slightly pointed, with smooth surfaces, tinged with red. ELTON. Fig. 122. P. avium. Elton is dis- tinguished by the form, color, flesh, and flavor of its fruit. The cherries are oblong-heart- shaped, too much drawn out for best appear- ance, and often too oblique; the color is dark red, mottled with amber, very bright, clear, and glossy; the flesh, a little too soft to ship well, is delicate and most pleasing to the palate; the flavor is peculiarly rich and luscious, hardly
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