The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste . n doubt which to choose, whether this,Delicate, Caroline, or Hoadley; but asCoes Transparent is more generally tested,it is perhaps safest to advise it. Delicateand Caroline, however, surpass it in realdelicacy for the table, while Hoadley isalmost its counterpart. The tree is ratherspreading, round-headed in habit, of moder-ately rapid growth, comes early to maturity,and bears abundantly a fruit of mediumsize, light amber yellow, beautifully mot-tled with bright clear red, juicy, sweet,tender, rich, and delicious. Knights Early Bla
The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste . n doubt which to choose, whether this,Delicate, Caroline, or Hoadley; but asCoes Transparent is more generally tested,it is perhaps safest to advise it. Delicateand Caroline, however, surpass it in realdelicacy for the table, while Hoadley isalmost its counterpart. The tree is ratherspreading, round-headed in habit, of moder-ately rapid growth, comes early to maturity,and bears abundantly a fruit of mediumsize, light amber yellow, beautifully mot-tled with bright clear red, juicy, sweet,tender, rich, and delicious. Knights Early Black.—For private Some of the Best Sweet Cherries. 165 gardens or sheltered localities this is oneof the most desirable varieties, as its fruitmatures early and is of the highest excel-lence ; but the tree is a little tender, andunless it can be grown so as to be some- what protected, it is liable to die out. Inhabit it is short-jointed, and makes a treeof only medium size. The fruit is large,black, juicy, half tender, very rich andsweet, and fine Fig. 56.— Governor Wood. Pontiac—Taken all in all for hardihood fruit, with fineness for market, this is of tree, vigorous, upright, spreading habit, perhaps the best of the black cherries. In early in coming to maturity, abundant real richness of quality it is not perhaps bearing, large size and good quality of equal to Knights Early Black or Black 166 The Horticulturist. Hawk, but its other good qualities abound, spread reputation than any one among and make it a superior sort for family or Prof. Kirtlands Seedlings. It is a little market use. too much inclined to overbear, and thus Governor Wood. — This variety has lessen the size of the fruit, unless the tree probably had a more general and wide- is in rich soil; but its quality is unsurpassed,
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