VARIETIES OF CHERRIES 327 



full crops regularly and in various environments. The variety is 

 readily recognized by the upright habit of growth and by the 

 large lenticels on the trunk and branches. E. H. Cocklin, Shep- 

 herdstown, Pennsylvania, grew this variety about 1870. 



Tree large, vigorous^ upright, open-topped, vasiform, very productive. 

 Leaves obovate, thin; margin doubly crenate. Fruit early; % inch in 

 diameter, cordate, slightly compressed, cavity deep, flaring, regular; suture 

 a distinct line; color amber overspread with light red, mottled; dots numer- 

 ous, large, yellowish, conspicuous; stem 1^2 inches long; skin thin, sepa- 

 rating readily from the pulp; flesh white, with colorless juice, tender and 

 melting, mild, sweet; of good quality; stone free or semi-free, round, flat- 

 tened, blunt, with smooth surfaces. 



506. Wood (Fig. 154). Governor Wood. — Wood is pre- 

 eminently a sweet cherry for the amateur. The trees are tender 

 to cold, are not quite productive enough to 



make the variety profitable and are somewhat 

 fastidious as to soils, but to offset these de- 

 fects, they are vigorous and healthy and bear 

 early. The cherries will not stand handling 

 in harvesting and shipping, and are very sus- 

 ceptible to brown-rot. The flesh separates 

 readily from the skin, is tender, juicy, with an 

 abundance of colorless juice, and a flavor that 

 has given it the reputation of being one of the 

 best in quality. Wood was raised by J. P. 

 Kirkland in 1842, at Cleveland. 



Tree vigorous, upright-spreading, open, productive. 

 Fruit early midseason, 1 inch in diameter, roundish- 

 cordate, compressed ; cavity wide, flaring ; suture dis- 

 tinct, wide ; apex roundish ; color crimson on a yellow- 

 ish-white background; dots numerous, small, light rus- 

 set, conspicuous; stem slender, 1% inches long, adher- 

 ing well to the fruit; skin thin, tender, separating ^^^- l^"^- Wood. 

 from the pulp, flesh whitish, juice colorless, tender, 



mild, sweet; very good; stone clinging, large, roundish, blunt, with smooth 

 surfaces, with a broad ventral suture. 



507. Coe (Fig. 155). Coe's Transparemt. — Coe is the first 

 of the light-colored cherries to ripen, and is an excellent fruit 

 in quality and appearance. The tree characters are in the 



