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small clusters on spurs variable in length; leaf -scars prominent; season of bloom inter- 

 mediate; flowers white, one and one-fovirth inches across; borne in dense clusters, usually 

 in twos; pedicels one inch long, slender, glabrous; calyx-tube green, campanulate, glabrous; 

 calyx-lobes Ughtly tinged with red, long, acute, glabrous witliin and without, reflexed; 

 petals oval, entire, deeply notched at the apex; filaments nearly one-half inch long; pistil 

 glabrous, equal to the stamens in length. 



Fruit matures early; three-fourths of an inch in diameter, cordate to conical; cavity 

 wide, rather abrupt; suture indistinct; apex flattened, with a small depression at the 

 center; color dark reddish-black, obscurely mottled; dots numerous, small, russet, obscure; 

 stem slender, one and one-half inches long, adliering well to the fruit; skin thin, tender, 

 separating from the pulp; flesh dark red, with dark colored juice, tender, meaty, mild, 

 sweet; of good quality; stone free except along the ventral suture, small, roundish-ovate, 

 with smooth surfaces. 



LAMBERT 



Primus avium 

 I. U. S. D. A. Pom. Rpt. 24. 1894. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 24. 1899. 3. U. S. D. A. Yearbook 

 307-309. PI. 31- 1907- 



Nowhere else in America, possibly nowhere else in the world, can the 

 Sweet Cherry be grown as well as in Oregon and Washington. From these 

 States, more particularly Oregon, several meritorious cherries have been 

 added to pomology. One of the best of these is Lambert, now a standard 

 sort in its native State but still on probation in Eastern America. Lam- 

 bert is a Bigarreau, a seedling of Napoleon by Black Heart, and a worthy 

 rival of its parents in most respects and superior in some. In appearance, 

 Lambert is more like its male than its female parent, having much the 

 same shape and color, but it is larger, more rotund, smoother, clearer 

 and brighter — one of the handsomest of the dark-colored Sweets. The 

 flesh and flavor leave little to be desired; the flesh is purplish-red marbled 

 with lighter red, firm, meaty and juicy, with a sweet, rich flavor that at 

 the first taste one marks very good. The tree is strong, vigorous, healthy 

 and usually fruitful and regular in bearing. The fruit sets in great, loose 

 clusters — often a dozen or more cherries to the fruit-spur. The leaves 

 are remarkably large and dark green, the foliage betokening the vigor of 

 the variety. Lambert is well worthy thorough testing for either home or 

 market wherever the Sweet Cherry can be grown. 



Lambert originated as a seedling under a Napoleon tree which was 

 planted by the late Henderson Lewelling^ about 1848 in the orchard of 



' Little is known of the early life of Seth and Henderson Lewelling. They were of Welsh ancestry 

 and both were bom in Salem, North Carolina, Henderson on the 25th of April, 1809, and Seth on the 6th 

 day of March, 1819. Henderson died in California December 28th, 1878, while Seth died in Milwaukee, 



