316 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



HEARTS AND BIGARREAUS. 



Coe (Transparent) : — A medium-sized cherry of very good quality. 

 Very regular in shape and amber in color, blotched with pale red. Ten- 

 der and sweet. Season early. Tree is moderately thrifty, and spreading. 

 Fairly productive. Valuable for home use. 



Cleveland: — A very large, moderately early cherry of fair quality. 

 Color is a bright red on amber ground. Tree is very thrifty and vigorous. 

 Quite productive. Kipens with Black Tartarian. 



Early Purple:— The earliest variety of cherry on the grounds. Color 

 is dark purple or nearly black when ripe. Quality is very good and 

 texture tender. The tree is a moderate grower, and fairly productive. 



Gov. Wood : — A popular early cherry. Large, sweet and tender. 

 Color yellow, blushed with red. The tree is very thrifty, and productive. 

 Apt to crack. Good for early market and dessert. 



Idar — A fairly vigorous variety ripening with Gov. Wood. The fruit 

 is larger and of better quality than the above variety. It is not very 

 highlv colored and shows bruise discolorations easilv. Needs careful 

 handling. Quite productive. Worthy of a place. 



Mary {Kirtland's) : — Large and of very good quality. Season medium. 

 Tree moderately vigorous and very productive. Color a light and dark 

 red, marbled on a yellow ground. Inclined to crack. Valuable for 

 home or market. 



Napoleon : — The most productive of the yellow sweet cherries. Fruit 

 large, heart-shaped and mottled with red. Texture firm and quality fair. 

 The trees- are hardy and thrifty. Very apt to crack when nearly ripe. 

 One of the most profitable sweet cherries on trial. Mid- season. 



Schmidt: — A very large and handsome cherry of good quality. The 

 color is a glossy dark red. Flesh also dark red, and firm. The tree is 

 most too thrifty to be productive. Bore an excellent crop this year, 

 and the fruit brought the highest prices. Mid-season. 



Yellow Spanish: — A well-known yellow, sweet cherry. It is larger 

 and of better quality than Napoleon with which it ripens. Not as 

 productive as that variety. Inclined to crack when ripening. Good for 

 home use and market. 



Windsor: — The most profitable dark-colored, sweet cherry on trial. 

 It ripens after Napoleon. Fruit large, heart-shaped and liver-colored. 

 Flesh dark and of very good quality. Tree vigorous and productive. 

 Valuable. 



PEACHES. 



The peach orchard has had practically the same care as the cherries 

 except that the heading back of the new growths has been continued. 

 Although we have been able to secure fairly good results with the trees 

 planted one rod each way, it will be better if they can be given a dis- 

 tance of twenty feet as, even though the trees can by proper pruning 

 be kept within the smaller distance, they are more likely to be injured 

 from drought and the fungous diseases are more troublesome than 

 when the air has a chance to circulate freely. 



During the eighteen years since the peach orchards were planted 

 there has been an average of three hundred trees upon the station 

 grounds but not to exceed five trees have been taken out b}' the yellows, 



