THE CHERRIES OF NEW YORK 3OI 



Tree of the Duke type, upright; fruit medium to above in size; light red; good. The 

 trees are free from mildew in Texas but do not hold their fruit well. 

 New Royal. Species? i. Loud. Hort. Soc. Cat. 54. 1S31. 



Listed without a description. 

 Nienburger Friihe Bunte Herzkirsche. P. avium, i, Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstkunde 3:27. 

 1858. 



Fruit large, obtuse-cordate, sides compressed; stem of medium length, stout, straight; 

 skin yellowish, spotted and streaked; flesh aromatically sweet; pit oval; ripens the middle 

 of June. 



Noble. P. avium X P. cerasus. i. Am. Card. 20:576. 1899. 2. Bunyard-Thomas Fr. 

 Card. 44. 1904. 



This variety is said to resemble May Duke. Fruit large; color deep crimson to darker; 

 flesh firm, colored, rich; late; productive. 

 Noire des Vosges. P. cerasus. i. Mas Le Verger 8:105, 106, fig. 51. 1866-73. 



Griotte Noire des Vosges. 2. Soc. Nat. Hort. France Pom. 98 fig., 99. 1904. 



This old variety is probably a native of eastern France. The fruit is used for con- 

 fections and liquors. Fruit attached in pairs, medium in size, obtuse-cordate; suture 

 indistinct; stem long, slender, set in a shallow cavity; color almost black at maturity; 

 flesh dark, tender, vinous, acidulated; stone small, oval, obtuse at the apex; ripens late 

 in July. 

 Nonpareil. Species? i. Wickson Cal. Fruits 187. 1908. 



Nonpareil is a black cherry which originated at Vacaville, California. 

 Norfolk. Species? i. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 87. 1872. 



Mentioned as a seedling cherry grown by J. H. Fenno; not described. 

 Norma. P. avium, i. Fruit Grower 19:368. 1908. 



Norma is a black cherry grown by R. H. Weber, The Dalles, Oregon; it is earlier 

 than Napoleon. 

 Northeast. P. cerasus. i. Mich. Sta. Sp. Bui. 27:11. 1904. 



Northeast is a rather dwarf cherry of the Morello type; very productive. Said to 

 be valuable as a late market variety but the trees are lacking in vigor and subject to 

 leaf blight. 



Northwest. P. cerasus. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 3rd App. 165. 1881. 2. Am. Pom. 

 Soc. Cat. 25. 1899. 3. la. Sta. Bui. 73:76 fig. 16, 88. 1903. 



This is one of the varieties originated by D. B. Wier, Lacon, Illinois, and first dis- 

 tributed by Professor J. L. Budd as Wier's No. 29; the fruit resembles Baldwin. The 

 American Pomological Society placed Northwest on its fruit catalog in 1S99 but dropped 

 it in 1909. Tree medium in size, resembling English MoreUo closely both in size and 

 habit, very productive; fruit medium to large, roundish, obscurely heart-shaped; stem 

 long, adhering quite firmly to the fruit; skin tough, medium in thickness, dark attractive 

 red, becoming nearly black; flesh deeply colored, firm, brisk but pleasant acid, mingled 

 with a slight astringency; good in quality; stone small, roundish; season early. 

 Occident. P. avium, i. U. S. D. A. Pom. Rpt. 40. 1895. 



Occident is a seedling of Napoleon which originated with C. E. Hoskins, Springbrook, 



