T,T,2 THE CHERRIES OF NEW YORK 



Weisse Mandelkirsche. Species? i. Proskauer Obsisori. 58. 1907. 



Listed, not described. 

 Wellington. P. cerasits. i. Load. Hort. Soc. Cat. 56. 1831. 2. Elliott Fr. Book 220. 

 1854. 



Wellington's Weichsel. 3. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstkundc 3:60. 1858. 



Griotte de Wellington. 4. Mortillet Le CmstVr 2:307. 1866. 



Mentioned by Elliott in 1854 as unworthy of further culture. Bigarreau Wellington, 

 often used as a synonym of Napoleon, should not be mistaken for this Morello of sup- 

 posedly English origin. Fruit of medium size, cordate; stem long; skin thin, glossy, black; 

 flesh firm, dark red, moderately juicy, pleasant subacid; stone elongated, cordate, free; 

 ripens the middle of July. 



Wendell Mottled. P. avium, i. Mag. Hort. 13:494 fig. 1847. 2. Elliott Fr. Book 213. 

 1854. 3. HofTy A^. Am. Pom. PL i860. 



Wendell Mottled was raised from a seed of Yellow Spanish planted in 1840, by Dr. 

 Herman Wendell, Albany, New York. Tree upright, thrifty, bears early and abundantly; 

 fruit large, obtuse-cordate, with a distinct suture; stem long, rather stout, set in 

 a moderately deep cavity; skin dark purplish-red, mottled and streaked, nearly black; 

 flesh deep crimson, firm, crisp, juicy; stone small; ripens the middle of July. 

 Wenzlecks Bunte Knorpelkirsche. P. avium, i. Mas Pom. Gen. 11:162. 1882. 



Mentioned in the reference given. 

 Werder Early Black. P. avium, i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 169. 1845. 2. ///. Handb. 

 S3 fig., 54. i860. 3. Hogg Fruit Man. 93. 1866. 



Werdersche Schwarze Allerjriihestc Herzkirsche. 4. Christ Handb. 6S3. 1797. 

 5. Truchsess-Heim Kirschensort. 1 09-1 11. 18 19. 



Guigne Hdlive de Werder. 6. Mortillet Le Cerisier 2:82, 300. 1S66. 7. Mas Le 

 Verger 8:27, 28, fig. 12. 1866-73. 



Bigarreau Werder. 8. Leroy Diet. Pom. 5:251 fig. 1877. 



This cherry was received by Truchsess in 1794, from Christ; of unknown origin, 

 Tree strong and upright in growth, very productive; fiiiil \'aluablc for its earliness, rather 

 large, flattened-cordate, with a deep suture on one side; stem of mediimi length and thick- 

 ness, inserted in a rather small cavity; skin thin, rather deep purple changing to purplish- 

 black; flesh deep purple, with abundant colored juice, firm, tender, sweet, yet moderately 

 sprightly and aromatic; quality good; stone large, ovate, flattened at the base; ripens 

 from the last of May to the first of June. 

 Werder'sche Bunte Herzkirsche. P. avium, i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 382. 1889. 



Listed without a description. 

 Wheeler. P. cerasus. i. la. Sta. Bui. 73:87. 1903. 



A hardy seedling of English Morello originating with H. J. Wheeler, Camforth, Iowa. 

 White Bigarreau. P. avium, i. Mich. Sta. Bui. 205:28. 1903. 



This variety was received by the Michigan Station from the United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture in 1895; it is between the Duke and the Morello in type. Tree low, 

 slow in growth; fruit large, light red, slightly darker on one side; flesh tender, juicy, 

 sprightly subacid. 



