30 Second Annual Report 



Montmorency. Seedlings of this are being grown in the hope 

 that they will prove hardier. 



We believe, however, that there is a greater future with 

 us for dwarf or bush cherries than for the larger trees and as 

 they will be more easily protected from birds, easier picked, 

 easier sprayed,, and in the North protected by snow, which at 

 Ottawa is three to four feet in depth among bush fruits. It may 

 be of interest to describe the material on which we are working 

 in order to obtain a dwarf cherry which will be worth growing 

 even where ordinary sour cherries succeed. 



Koslov Morello (Bush Cherries) — In 1890 the Ontario Fruit 

 Growers' Association received a number of seedling cherry trees 

 from the late Mr. Jaroslov Niemetz, Winnitza, Podolie, Russia. 

 Twenty-one of these were sent to the Central Experimental Farm, 

 Ottawa, for test. They were slow in coming into bearing and 

 v/hen they did fruit, all were different. Eight years after plant- 

 ing when they began tO' fruit these trees averaged only 5 feet 6 

 inches in height. Mqst of them produced fruit of inferior 

 quality, some being bitter and others being very acid. Two, 

 however, were quite promising, owing to their superior hardi- 

 ness, lateness in ripening, large size and quality of the fruit. 

 They are of the Morello group. The trees are very low growers 

 and Mr. Niemetz, from whom they were obtained, recommended 

 growing them from the stone, but there is so much variation in 

 productiveness that we do not think this would prove satisfactory 

 in America. 



The following are descriptions of two of the best which have 

 fruited at Ottawa : Koslov Morello No. i — Fruit large, long, 

 heart-shaped, slightly flattened, firm : stalks very long, slender : 

 suture rather indistinct: colour deep red: flesh deep red: juicy, 

 very acid : ripe July 26th, to August 8th. Makes excellent pre- 

 serves. Height 12 years after planting, 5 feet 6 inches, breadth 

 8 feet 6 inches. In 1902 two pickings were made from this tree, 

 one on August 2nd, and one on August 8th, the total yield from 

 one tree being 26^ lbs. 



Koslov Morello No. 2 — Fruit large, heart-shaped,, rather 

 deep red, firm : stalk long, stout : suture distinct : flesh bright red, 

 very acid. Ripe July 26th. Makes excellent preserves. 



If such bushy trees as these were on the market they could 

 be planted 10 to 12 feet apart. At ten feet apart, 435 trees per 

 acre could be planted, which at 26^ lbs. per tree would mean 

 11,5273^ lbs. of fruit per acre, which at 6 cents per lb. would 

 be a gross ^ return of $691.65. Reckoning at half the crop men- 

 tioned it would mean a gross return of $345.82 per acre. The 

 average yield per tree of the Montmorency cherry is about 25 

 lbs. planted 18 by 18 feet apart there would be 130 trees per 



