VARIETIES OF CHERRIES 



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but not always healthy, and are not adapted to a great diversity 

 of soils. The variety probably originated in 

 Holland or Germany, whence it was intro- 

 duced into England and later into America. 

 Wragg is thought by some to be identical with 

 this cherry, and if not, it differs but little. 



Tree small, upright-spreading, with drooping 

 branches, dense-topped. Fruit very late; about % inch 

 in diameter, round-cordate, compressed ; cavity shallow, 

 narrow, flaring, regular, suture a shallow groove ; apex 

 rounded, with a small depression at the center; color 

 dark red becoming almost black; dots numerous, small, 

 dark russet, conspicuous; stem slender, 1 inch long, 

 adhering well to the fruit; skin thin, tender, separat- 

 ing from the pulp; flesh dark red, with dark colored 

 juice, tender and melting, sprightly, tart ; of good 

 quality; stone free, small, ovate, flattened and pointed, p , -...-, p ,. . 

 with smooth surfaces, tinged with red. * Mo'rello. 



Group 8. Long-stemmed Morellos 



516. Brusseler Braune (Fig. 163) has little value for com- 

 mercial planting. The trees are uncertain in 

 bearing; the cherries are small, sour, and as- 

 tringent; and the crop ripens very unevenly. 

 It is of the English Morello type but is far in- 

 ferior to this well-known sort. The variety has 

 two marked peculiarities : the leaves on the two- 

 year-old wood are very small, and the fruit 

 stems bear a small leaflet at their bases. No 

 doubt Brusseler Braune originated more than 

 a hundred years ago in Holland. 



Tree of medium size, vigorous, upright-spreading, but 

 with drooping branchlets, dense, round-topped, unpro- 

 ductive. Fruit very late, 1 inch in diameter, variable in 

 size, round-cordate, compressed; cavity of medium 

 depth, narrow, abrupt ; suture very shallow, indistinct ; 

 apex rounded, with a small depression at the center; 

 color dark red; dots numerous, small, dark russet, in- 

 conspicuous; stem 214 inches long, with small leaflet at 



i7«,^ 1/30 T> 1 the base, strongly adherent to the fruit; skin thin, ten- 



FiG. IbS. Brusseler ' .^ ,^,,^,J 



Brauue. der, separates readily from the pulp; flesh dark red, 



