474 Agricultural Experiment Station, Ithaca, N. Y. 



II. Prunus Avium, Linnaeus, Fl. Suec. 2d ed. 474. (1755 ISweet 

 Cherry.) 



Prunus Avium itself is held to represent the mazzard tjpe. 

 Cei'osus Avium, Moench Meth. 672. 

 C. rubicunda, Bechst. Forstb. 160, 355. 

 C. pallida, Roemer, Syn. Monogr. iii. 69. 



Yar. Juliana. Heart or Gean Cherries^ 



Cerasus Juliana, DC. Fl. Fr. iv. 483. 

 C. Heaumiana, Roemer, Syn. Monogr. iii. 69. 



Yar. Duracina. Bigarreau Cherries. 



Cerasiis Duracina, DC. Fl. Fr. iv. 483. 

 C. Bigarella, Roemer, Syn. Monogr. iii. 69. 



Yar, REGALis. Dukes. 



Cerasus regalis {prcecox and CoTumunis), Poiteau and Turpin^ 

 Traite des Arbres Fruitiers, 123. 



II. SOUR CHERRIES IN WESTER:N' NEW YORK. 



The growing of sour cherries in western New York is largely 

 confined to two varieties, the Montmorency and English Morello^ 

 and it is not yet fully determined which of the two is the more 

 profitable in the long run. The preference has generally been given 

 to the English Morello, as it bears younger than the other, and its 

 dark colored and very acid flesh have made it popular with the can- 

 ning factories. Just now, however, the canners are calling for the 

 Montmorency in preference, for, whilst not so sour as the other in 

 the natural state, it " cooks sour," and the Morello is apt to develop a 

 bitterish or acid taste in the cans. The Morello is also much subject to 

 leaf-blight, whilst the Montmorency is almost free from it; and the 

 Montmorency is a stronger and more upright grower. The present 

 drift is decidedly towards the Montmorency. The two varieties 

 complement each other, however, for the Montmorency is about 

 gone by the time the other is fit to pick . 



This Montmorency of western New York is seen natural size 

 in Fig. 78, and an orchard of it, seven years from the planting, is 

 shown in Fig. 77, at the beginning of this bulletin. It is a very 

 light red, long-stemmed cherry, broad, and flattened on]_the ends,, 



