. A dictionary of modern gardening. Gardening. cellent, and must always remain a favourite, even though newer varieties contest the claim to our esteem. It ia Fig. 30.—(P. 144.) Knight's Early Black. Pom. Mag.: Thorn. (Fig. 28.) " This is, as its name imports, one of Mr. Knight's seedlings, raised in England, about | 1810. It is not, externally, unlike the ' Black Tartarian, of which such exagge- rated descriptions have been given,! ripens earlier than it—at IMiiladelphia, I about the 1st of June. The fruit is! over medium size, heart shaped. Skin deep purj^e, when fully ripe quite 1 blac
. A dictionary of modern gardening. Gardening. cellent, and must always remain a favourite, even though newer varieties contest the claim to our esteem. It ia Fig. 30.—(P. 144.) Knight's Early Black. Pom. Mag.: Thorn. (Fig. 28.) " This is, as its name imports, one of Mr. Knight's seedlings, raised in England, about | 1810. It is not, externally, unlike the ' Black Tartarian, of which such exagge- rated descriptions have been given,! ripens earlier than it—at IMiiladelphia, I about the 1st of June. The fruit is! over medium size, heart shaped. Skin deep purj^e, when fully ripe quite 1 black. Flesh delicate, juicy, and weir flavoured. Taken altogether it may be pronounced a cherry of the first ;—Rural Reg. { Elton. Pom. Mag.: Thomp. — | (Fig. 29.) " The Elton is an English I cherry, raised in 1806. It is truly ex- '. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Johnson, George William, 1802-1886; Landreth, David. Philadelphia : Lea and Blanchard
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