496 Agricultural Experiment Station, Ithaca, N. Y. 



Hearts. — Black Tartarian, Governor Wood, Coe's Transparent, 

 Belle d' Orleans, Downer's Late Red, Black Eagle, Knight's Early 

 Black. 



Bigarreaus. — Napoleon, Rockj^ort, Robert's Red Heart, Yellow 

 Spanish and Windsor. 



Dukes. — May Duke, Belle de Ohoisy. 



There are other varieties which are probably equally as good, but 

 these can be recommended from long acquaintance. 



89 — Windsor. 



Diseases, — The cherry is attacked by the same diseases that are 

 common with plums, the principal one of importance affecting it 

 being the fruit rot. The symptoms are familiar to all. The fruit 

 turns brown and ash-colored tufts appear on it, which are the spore- 

 bearing threads, and later the fruit falls, or becomes mummified and 

 persists for a long time without decaying. 



The twigs, leaves and tiowers may also be attacked by the disease, 

 causing the flowers to decay and die and the leaves to become dis- 



