194 THE CHERRIES OF NEW YORK 



being dwarfish in statvire, thickly set with pendant branchlets and, all in 

 all, attractive enough to make it a rather handsome ornamental. The 

 cherries are of little or no value, being quite too acid to eat out of hand 

 but furnishing very late fruit which may be used for culinary purposes. 

 The description given is compiled. 



The history of the variety is uncertain. Leroy says that it was men- 

 tioned by Dalechamp, a French writer, as early as 1586. Duhamel seems 

 to have been the first pomologist to describe it which he did in 1768 under 

 the name Cerisier de la Toussaint. The variety is well known in Europe, 

 being widely distributed in Austria, Germany, Belgium, France and Eng- 

 land, pomologists and nurserymen in all these countries seeming to be 

 well acquainted with it. There are no records of its culture in America, 

 although Prince and Elliott describe it from European fruit books. 



Tree small, hardy, moderately productive; branches slender, numerous, pendant. 



Fruit small, flattened on the ends and sides; stem long; color clear red, darker on 

 maturing, rather transparent; flesh white somewhat red at the center, with reddish jmce; 

 flavor, if mature, sour, though not excellent; stone large, long, clings to the flesh more 

 than to the stem. The fruit borne in October never reaches maturity. 



VLADIMIR 



Prunus cerasus 



I. la. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 84, 85. 1882. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 75. 1883. 3. la. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 327, 

 328. 1885. 4. la. Sta. Bui. 19:550. 1892. 5. la. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 454. 1895. 6. Del. Sta. An. Rpt. 

 12:128, 129. 1900. 7. la. Sta. Bui. 73:87. 1903. 8. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 27. 1909. 



Vladimir is a Morello-like cherry not more promising in New York, 

 at least in the orchard of this Station, than any other of the many com- 

 petitors of English Morello. The cherries are large, very similar in size 

 and appearance to those of English Morello; the pit is small, the skin very 

 thin and separating readily from the pulp. The variety is ftorther charac- 

 terized by the very dark red flesh and dark colored juice which is too 

 astringent and sour to eat out of hand but does very well for culinary 

 purposes. The tree is much like that of EngHsh Morello but is far more 

 dwarfish and not as productive, these being fatal faults for commercial 

 planting in New York. It falls short of English Morello in another respect 

 — the fruit ripens very unevenly. Vladimir has the reputation of being 

 one of the hardiest of all cherries. It is said to come true from seed and 

 does better on its own roots than on either Mazzard or Mahaleb. The 

 Russians, according to Budd, succeed best with it when it is propagated 

 from sprouts and allowed to form a bushy plant with several stems, the 



