Archive image from page 170 of Cyclopedia of hardy fruits (1922). Cyclopedia of hardy fruits cyclopediaofhard00hedr Year: 1922 122. Elton. <X1) Andrew Knight, the great English pomologist, who fruited it first about 1806. It was brought to America in 1823. Tree large, vigorous, upright-spreading, open-topped, very productive. Leaves numerous, 5 inches long, 24 inclies wide, long-obovate, thin; margin doubly serrate, with small dark glands; petiole 2 inches long, heavily tinged witii red, with 2-4 reniform or globose, reddish- brown glands. Flowers midseason, 1 inches across, white; borne
Archive image from page 170 of Cyclopedia of hardy fruits (1922). Cyclopedia of hardy fruits cyclopediaofhard00hedr Year: 1922 122. Elton. <X1) Andrew Knight, the great English pomologist, who fruited it first about 1806. It was brought to America in 1823. Tree large, vigorous, upright-spreading, open-topped, very productive. Leaves numerous, 5 inches long, 24 inclies wide, long-obovate, thin; margin doubly serrate, with small dark glands; petiole 2 inches long, heavily tinged witii red, with 2-4 reniform or globose, reddish- brown glands. Flowers midseason, 1 inches across, white; borne in twos and threes. Fruit early ; about 1 inch long, iTich wide, cordate, conical, somewhat compressed and oblique; cavity abrupt, regular; suture indistinct; apex distinctly pointed; color dark red with an amber tinge, faintly mottled; dots numerous, small, light yellow, obscure; stem slender, 1 inches long : skin thin, tender, separatipg from the pulp ; flesh white with a tinge of yellow, with colorless juice, slightly stringy, tender, very mild, sweet ; of good quality; stone free, long-ovate, flattened, with smooth surfaces. EMPRESS EUGENIE. Fig. 123. P. avium X P- Cerasus. Eugenie. This old French cherry, for many years largely advertised and widely sold in America, does not thrive iu the New World. The two faults that condemn it here are that the cher- ries ripen very uneven- ly, making several pick- ings necessary, and the trees are so small that, though loaded with fruit, the total yield is not large. Lesser faults are that the cherries are not uniform in shape, and are borne thickly in closed clusters, so that when brown-rot is rife this variety suffers greatly. The short stem, too, prevents easy pick- ing. In a home planta- tion, where the uneven- ness in ripening can be utilized to prolong the season, and where dwarfness may not be undesirable. Empress Eugenie may well find a place. This cherry appeared in 1845 as a chance seedling near Paris, France. Tree small, no
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