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Striker. P. avium, i. U. S. D. A. Pom. Rpt. 41. 1895. 



Striker is a seedling of Napoleon grown by C. E. Hoskins, Springbrook, Oregon. Fruit 

 large, cordate; cavity wide, deep, flaring, pink; stem of medium length, slender; suture 

 shallow; skin thick, tender, glossy, yellow, washed and mottled with red; dots minute, 

 russet, elongated; flesh yellowish, translucent, fibrous, firm, juicy, mild, sprightly; very 

 good; pit of medium size, oval, semi-clinging; season the last of June to early July. 

 Striped-Leaved. P. cerasus. i. Vnnce Pom. Man. 2:1^1. 1832. 



Cerasus hortensis joliis eleganter variegatis. 2. Miller Gartf. Diet. 1:1754. 



Cultivated as an ornamental. 

 Stuart. P. avium. 



Stuart originated from nursery-sown pits and was propagated by C. W. Stuart of 

 Newark, New York, who sent trees to this Station for testing in 1900. Tree of medium 

 size, vigorous, productive; fruit large, cordate or inclined to conic, compressed; suture 

 indistinct; stem long, slender; cavity deep, wide, obtuse; skin thin, tender; color light red 

 over a yellowish background changing to dark, glossy red; flesh whitish, juicy, tender, 

 meaty, crisp, mild, sweet; quality good; ripens in mid-season. 

 Sucree Leon Leclerc. P. avium. 1. Thomas Guide Prat. 19, 206. 1876 



Guigne sucree de Leon Leclerc. 2. Mortillet Le Cerisier 2:98. 1866. 3. Leroy Diet. 

 Pom. 5:339. 340 fig. 1877. 



Leon Leclercs Herzkirsche. 4. Proskauer Obstsort. 56. 1907. 



This variety originated with L^on Leclerc of Laval, Mayenne, France, about 1853. 

 Tree small, productive; fruit of medium size, borne in twos or threes, cordate-ovoid; stem 

 long, slender, inserted in a cavity of medium size; skin deep rose-carmine; flesh whitish, 

 semi-tender, very sugary, aromatic; pit mediimi in size, elongated-oval; ripens about the 

 end of June. 

 Summit. P. avium. 



Summit is a seedling sent this Station by Isaiah Lower, Barberton, Ohio. According 

 to Mr. Lower, the tree is vigorous and bears large, dark red cherries, very rich in juice and 

 of a pleasing taste. 



Siisse Amarelle. P. cerasus. i. Kraft Pom. Aust. 1:8, Tab. 20 fig. i. 1792. 2. Truch- 

 sess-Heim Kirschensort. 618, 6 ig. 1819. 3. III. Handb. 8g fig., go. 1867. 4. Ober- 

 dieck Obst-Sort. 356, 357. 1881. 



Spate Amarelle incor. 5. Christ Worterb. 294. 1802. 



This variety is probably of French origin. Tree medium in height, bushy, productive; 

 fruit large, flattened on both ends and on one side giving it a four -angled appearance ; stem 

 short, stout; cavity flat, shallow; apex slightly depressed; suture short, slightly prominent; 

 skin dark red, thin, tough, separating readily from the pulp; flesh tender, juicy, white, 

 sweet; stone large, thick, round, free; season the middle of June. 



Siisse Friihlierzkirsche. P. avium, i. Truchsess-Heim Kirschensort. 154, 155, 672. 

 1819. 



Fruit rather small, round, compressed and marked by a suture; stem long, slender; 

 color dark brown, becoming black; flesh tender, sweet, piquant; stone large, adherent; 

 season the end of June. 



