THE CHERRIES OF NEW YORK I69 



at times double; apex blunt-pointed, usually not depressed; color attractive purplish- 

 black; dots numerous, very small, somewhat russet, obscure; stem medium in thickness, 

 long, averaging two and one-eighth inches, adheres well to the fruit; skin medium in 

 thickness, rather tender but not inclined to crack, adheres shghtly to the pulp; flesh 

 purplish-red, with abundant dark red juice, tender, meaty, mild, very pleasant, sweet; 

 very good to best in quality; stone clinging, large, strongly ovate, with slightly roughish 

 surface. 



MONTMORENCY 



Prunus cerasus 



1. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 1:181, 182. 1768. 2. Kraft Pom. .4ust. 1:6, Tab. 15 fig. i. 1792. 

 3. Christ Worterb. 292. 1802. 4. Truchsess-Heim Kirschensorl. 656, 657, 691. 1819. 5. Kenrick Am. 

 Orch. 281. 1832. 6. Poiteau Pom. Franc. 2: No. 14, PI. 1846. 7. Mas Le Verger 8:53, 54, fig. 25. 

 1866-73. 8. Pom. France 7: No. 3, PI. 3. 1871. 9. Leroy Diet. Pom. 5:361, 362 fig., 363, 364. 1877. 

 10. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 369. 1889. 11. Guide Prat. 9, 196. 1895. 12. Del. Sta. An. Rpt. 12:112 

 fig. 4, 113, 114. 1900. 13. Am. Card. 22:266, 267. 1901. 14. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 27. 1909. 



Kleine Glaskirsche von Montmorency. 15. Truchsess-Heim Kirschensort. 463, 464, 465. 1819. 



Lcmg Stem Montmorency. 16. Prince Pom. Man. 2:139. 1832. 



Amarelle Royale. 17. Mortillet Le Cerisier 2:191-195, fig. 53. 1866. 



Montmorency Ordinaire. 18. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 17. 1897. 19. la. Sta. Bui. 73:75, fig. 15. 1903. 

 20. .4 m. Pom. Soc. Sp. Rpt. 33, 34, PI. 2. 1904-05. 



Montmorency is the most popular Sour Cherry grown in America. 

 No one questions its supremacy. Probably half of the cherry trees in 

 New York, Sweet or Sour, are Montmorencies and at least three-fourths 

 of all the trees of the Sour Cherry are of this variety. It leads in the 

 demands for this fruit in the markets, for the cannery and for home use as a 

 culinary cherry. Several characters give it first place. It is surpassed 

 by no other Sour Cherry, in New York at least, in vigor, health and pro- 

 ductiveness of tree. In the last character, in particular, it is supreme. 

 Year in and year out, Montmorency trees are fruitful. Possibly, too, no other 

 Sour Cherry is adapted to a greater diversity of soils than Montmorency, 

 which, with capacity to stand heat and cold, makes the variety suitable 

 to wide variations in environment. The cherries are in no way remarkable 

 — not much above the average for an Amarelle in size, appearance or 

 quality, in all of these characters being much inferior to Large Mont- 

 morency. The fruit has the advantage of being presentable in appearance 

 and fit for culinary purposes several days before it is fully ripe and this 

 adds to the value of the variety for the market. Brown-rot takes less 

 toll from this cherry than of others of its kind probably because of rela- 

 tively firni flesh and thick skin. These characters, also, make the fruit 

 stand handling well in harvesting, shipping and on the markets. The 

 preserved product, whether canned at home or commercially, is attractive 



