VARIETIES OF CHERRIES 



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Amarelles with which it belongs. The tree thrives in varied 



soils and climates from the St. Lawrence to the Carolinas and 



from the Atlantic to the Pacific — everywhere 



vigorous, healthy, and fruitful. This variety 



was early brought to America, where it became 



known as Early Richmond, as the first trees 



were grown at Richmond, Virginia. 



Tree of moderate size, vigorous, upright-spreading, 

 dense, round-topped. Fruit early; % inch in diameter, 

 round-oblate, compressed; cavity abrupt, regular; su- 

 ture indistinct; apex flattened; color dark red; dots 

 numerous, small, russet; stem slender, 1 inch long, 

 adherent to the fruit ; skin thin, tough, separating 

 from the pulp; flesh pale yellow, with light pink juice, 

 stringy, tender and melting, sprightly; good to very 



good in quality; stone free, small, round-ovate, pointed, tt- ikq t? i 



1^ IG. -Loy. Hi a r 1 y 

 with smooth surfaces. Richmond. 



Group 6. Light-skinned Amwrelles 



513. Montmorency (Fig. 160) is the most popular sour cherry 

 grown in America. It is surpassed by no other in vigor, health, 

 and productiveness of tree. No other sour 

 cherry is adapted to a greater diversity of 

 soils than Montmorency, which fact, with its 

 capacity to stand heat and cold, makes it 

 suitable to wide variations in environment. 

 The fruit has the advantage of being pre- 

 sentable in appearance and fit for culinary 

 purposes several days before it is fully ripe, 

 and this adds to the value of the variety for 

 market. Montmorency falls short in the size 

 of the tree, which is seldom more than me- 

 dium, but the head is spreading and much 

 branched, and the fruit is borne in clus- 

 ters thickly, so that the total yield from a 

 tree is greater than would be thought. 

 The variety originated in Montmorency Val- 

 ley, France, several centuries ago. It has been cultivated in 

 America under various names for at least a century. 



Fig. 160. Mont- 

 morency. 



