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STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



CHERRIES. 



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Name. 



Abbesse de Oignies 



Belle de Choisey 



Belle Magnifique 



Bessarabian 



Black Eagle... 



Black Tartarian 



Coe's Transparent 



Downer's Late 



Duchesse d' Angouleme. 

 Early Richmond 



Eugenie 



Frauendorfer Weichsel. 



Griotte du Nord 



Louis Phillippe 



Lutovka... . 



May Duke 



Montmorency 



Olivet 



Ostheim 



Reine Horten^ 



Sklanka 



Yellow Spanish _ 



Remarks. 



A moderate or poor grower, so far. 

 Beautiful; excellent; a thin bearer. 

 Ripens quite late. 



Imported by Prof. J. L. Budd, of Iowa. 

 Excellent; not an early bearer. 



Very large and showy; tree very upright. 

 Said to be the finest sweet cherry. 

 Very hardy for a Mazzard. 

 One of Prof. Budd's importations. 

 A popular early sour cherry. 



A'comparatively recent French variety. 



The name would indicate German origin. 



The name is suggestive of French origin. 



Late; large; culinary. 



Received from Prof. Budd. 



The type of this family of cherries. 



Possibly the same as Montmorency Ordinaire, 



A recent introduction. 



Received from Prof. J. L. Budd. 



Large; one of the finest of the Dukes. 



From Prof. Budd. 



Excellent; inclined to crack and rot. 



This sub-station now has forty three varieties of cherry planted and 

 growing upon the premises, of which, however, a considerable number were 

 only planted the past spring. 



Downing and the older pomologists designate the tender-fleshed sweet 

 or Mazzard cherries as Hearts; and those of firm or breaking texture as 

 Bigarreus; but, with the extensive modern originations of this fruit, these 

 have been so crossed or interbred, that the line of demarcation — never 

 very distinct — is no longer surely traceable; and in view of this difficulty, 

 Mazzard — the name of the original wild type — is employed in the foregoing 

 table to designate the entire species. 



It may further be found that the advent of the recently improved Rus- 

 sian varieties may so fill the gap between the Dukes and Morellos that the 

 dividing may become rather imaginary than real. 



Short notices are apj)ended, of a few of the more valuable varieties, 

 arranged in two classes, in the order of ripening. The sweet or Mazzard 

 varieties being adapted to favorable localities only; and the more hardy 

 Dukes and Morellos suitable for more general planting, for either home 

 use or market. 



SWEET OR MAZZARD CHEPtRIES. 



Early Purple, beginning of June. This is not unfrequently in eatable 

 condition as early as June 1 in southern Michigan. The tree is less 

 vigorous but hardier than the average of the species. It bears early and 

 abundantly. Fruit very dark, nearly black; of good medium size and fair 

 quality. 



Coe's Transparent, middle of June, is one of the most beautiful and 

 excellent of this class of cherries. The tree is vigorous and productive, 

 and the fruit of large size, ripening nearly with earliest acid cherries; 

 color pale yellow with a rich blush. 



