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Braunc in being smaller in size, not so globular, nor as dark in color, a few days earlier, 



and the tree is more spreading in growth. 



Shailer. P. avium, i. Lotid. Hori. Soc. Cat. 55. 1831. 



A }'cllowish-red, hard-fleshed Heart cherry of inferior quality; ripens in July. 

 Shannon. P.cerasus. i. EWiottFr. Book 202, 202. 1854. 2. Mag. //ori. 19: 167, 16S. 1853. 



Shannon Morello. 3. Hogg Fnnt Man. 70, gi. 1866. 



Gov. Shannon. 4. III. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 33. 1873. 



Shannon was raised by Professor J. P. Kirtland, Cleveland, Ohio, 1829, and described 

 in 1849, being named after Wilson Shannon, once Governor of Ohio. It sprung from 

 a Morello tree standing near a Carnation cherry tree and bears fnut of the Morello type. 

 Tree very hardy; fniit above medium in size, globular, flattened at the base; stem long, 

 slender; cavity open; flesh tender, reddish-purple, juicy, acid; pit small. 

 Shelton. P. avium, i. Milton Cat. 10. 191 1. 



Shelton is a seedling of Napoleon grown by Judge William Shelton of Walla Walla, 

 Washington. Tree hardy, \'igorous, upright; fruit smaller than Napoleon; skin pale 

 yellow with a red cheek; flesh sweet, tender, juicy; ripens two weeks before Napoleon. 

 Short-stem May. Species? i. Continental Plant Cat. 22. 1914. 



Merely Hsted as an old, well-known, productive cherry. 

 Shubianka. P. cerasus. 1. Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 327. 1888. 2. la. Sta. Bui. 

 73:83. 1903. 



Shubianka is an inferior smaU-fruited cherry of the Vladimir family imported from 

 Russia in 1883 by Professor J. L. Budd, Ames, Iowa. Tree dwarf, round-topped; fruit 

 small, round; stem long, slender; cavity broad, shallow; skin tough, thick, deep red; flesh 

 firm, juicy, colored, sprightly, astringent with a bitter after-taste; stone round, rather 

 large; season at the end of June; worthless. 

 Sibrel. P. cerasus. 1. Greening Bros. Cat. 74 fig. 1899. 



Sibrel is of the Morello type and originated at Bettsville, Ohio; distinguished for 

 its productiveness, lateness, size and quality. 

 Silver Thome. P.cerasus. 1. la. Sta. Bui. 73:8^. 1903. 



Silver Thome is supposed to have originated in Muscatine County, Iowa, about 

 sixty years ago. It resembles Early Richmond in tree and fruit but the cherries have 

 firmer flesh and are less acid. 

 Skublics Weichsel. P. cerasus. i. Proskauer Obstsort. 59. 1907. 



Mentioned in the reference given. 

 Sleinhaus. Species? i. Mas Pom. Gen. 11:162. 1882. 



Listed without a description. 

 Small Black Guigne. P. avium, i. Prince Poyn. Man. 2:112. 1832. 



This cherry differs from Black Guigne in being shorter and inferior in quality. 

 Small Morello. P. cerasus. i. Thacher Am. Orch. 217. 1822. 



A cherry from Salem County, New Jersey; the fruit has a lively acid taste. 

 Smidt Yellow. Species? i. Thomas Am. Fruit Cult. 669. 1897. 



A good, early, prolific, southern variety. Fruit medium in size, yellow, mottled 

 with red. 



