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one and one-fourth inches across, white; borne usually in twos; pedicels three-fourths 

 of an inch long, glabrous, greenish; calyx-tube green, campanulate, glabrous; cah-x-lobes 

 long, broad, obtuse, finely serrate; petals roundish, entire, with short claws and with 

 dentate apex; filaments one-half inch long; pistil glabrous, equal to the stamens in length. 

 Fruit matures in mid-season; one inch in diameter, roundish-cordate, compressed; 

 ca\-ity rather deep, slightly flaring; suture shallow, often a mere line; apex roundish, 

 depressed at the center; color very dark red changing to reddish-black; dots numerous, 

 small, russet, obscure; stem tinged with red, slender, one and one-fourth inches long, 

 adherent to the fruit; skin thin, adhering to the pulp; flesh dark red, with scant dark red 

 juice, meaty, firm, pleasant flavored, sweet; of very good quality; stone clinging, large, 

 wide, ovate, flattened, blunt, oblique, with smooth siirfaces; prominently ridged along 

 the ventral suture. 



LARGE MONTMORENCY 

 Prunus cerasus 



1. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 22. 1885. 2. Ibid. 25. 1899. 3. Del. Sta. An. Rpt. 12:110, 114. 1900. 

 4. .4m. Card. 22:266, 267. 1901. 



Flemish. 5. Bradley Card. 211. 1739. 6. Land. Hort. Soc. Cat. 49. 1831. 7. Thompson Card. 

 Ass'l 530. 1859. 



Crosse Glaskirsche von Montmorency. 8. Truchsess-Heim Kirschensort. ^6^-\'jo. 1819. 8. Dochnahl 

 Fiihr. Obstkunde 3:$4, 55. 1858. 10. ///. Handb. 165 fig., 166. i860. 



Short Stem Montmorency. 11. Prince Pom. Man. 2:139, 140- 1832. 12. la. Sta. Bid. 73:75. 1903. 



Crasser Gobet. 13. ///. Handb. 543 fig., 544. 1861. 



Montmorency. 14. Mortillet Le Cerisier 2:195 fig- 54. 196, 197. 1866. 



As its synonyms show, Large Montmorency has been grown under 

 various names in Europe and America — a testimony to its merits. Were 

 it not that the true Montmorency is so much more fruitful than this larger- 

 fruited offshoot of the same race of Amarelle cherries, Large Montmorency 

 would be a leading commercial Sour Cherry, for it is equal to the smaller- 

 fruited strain in all other characters with the advantage of size. The 

 relationship between this and the other Montmorencies is apparent but 

 Large Montmorency is easily distinguished by several marked characters 

 from the common Montmorency, known by all, with which it is most 

 often confused. Its fruits are more often borne singly, are larger, have a 

 shorter, thicker stem, are more oblate and ripen a little earlier. The trees 

 are more upright, with stouter branches and are far less fruitful. The 

 flesh-characters of the two kinds are much the same — excellent in both, 

 the flavor being particularly refreshing to those who like the acidity of the 

 Sour Cherry. Large Montmorency has been tried and found so wanting 

 in productiveness that it can rarely be recommended as a commercial 

 variety but it is much too good a fruit to be wholly lost and should be 

 grown by connoisseurs who want a large, finely flavored Sotir Cherry. 



