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Bendelon (the name of the person from whom the variety was received), is an 

 untested seedling of foreign parentage, originated at Detroit, Michigan. 



Champion, Industry, Pearl, and Ti-iumph are all of European extraction and have 

 been sufficiently tested here to justify their commendation for extended trial, but 

 only with persistent spraying to ward off the attacks of mildew. 



Chautauqua, though highly spoken of elsewhere, requires further trial here. 



Columbus, Golden (Prolific), Keepsake, Lancashire (Lad), and Orange (early), are 

 all understood to be of foreign parentage. With persistent spraying they have 

 so far escaped mildew, but further trial is needful to determine their value here. 



Downing is beyond doubt the most popular of our alleged native varieties, for 

 commercial planting, though not of superior flavor. Smith is even larger and of 

 superior quality, but the plant lacks vigor and productiveness. 



Houghton and Pale Red are much alike, so far as both plant and fruit are con- 

 cerned. They are healthy and vigorous, though of slender habit, but the fruit, 

 though abundant and of good quality, is quite too small to suit the popular taste. 



Red Jacket, judging from the habit of the plant and the size and general appear- 

 ance of the fruit, though an American seedling, is probably of foreign parentage. 

 With persistent spraying it is healthy and vigorous and the fruit of fine size. 

 Further trial is needful. 



Strubler, from Illinois, and Tree, from Ohio, are unmistakable natives, healthy 

 and vigorous, but have yet to develop their full qualities here. 



CHERRIES (Prunus). 



Notwithstanding the renewal, and even increased intensity, of the drouth of the 

 past season, as compared with that of 1894, frequent and thoroughly clean cultiva- 

 tion has sufficed, in the case of the cherry, as also with the other tree fruits, to 

 secure a very satisfactory growth of wood, as well as a fair development of fruit 

 upon such trees as were in bearing. Even the few trees which, up to last year, had 

 failed to repair the injury due to the excessively wet spring of 1893, have now so 

 far improved as to afford the promise of permanent recovery. 



After the spray applied to cherries in common with other fruits in March last, 

 further treatment was not found needful till June 24, when cherries (and pears also) 

 were given a ispray of strong tobacco water, as a remedy for the slug (Eriocampa 

 cerasi), which made its first appearance at that time. A very few appeared subse- 

 quently, but yielded readily to a repetition of the same treatment. Except as already 

 described, neither insects nor fungi have been observed to attack the cherry, either 

 tree or fruit, the curculio apparently having confined his attention to early peaches 

 and plums. 



In the following table the quality of the fruit is arrived at by comparing each 

 variety with others of its species, as Duke varieties with Dukes, Morellos with Mor- 

 ellos, etc. 



Under the head of weight, as in the case of small fruits, it will be observed that 

 the denominator of the fraction gives the number of fruits in an ounce. 



The degree of productiveness as given under that head, has reference to the 

 product of the year 1895 only. 



