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are indorsed by many growers as superior to the Early Richmond 

 and the English Morello. 



Among the varieties that give ijroraise of success, I mention the 

 Orel, Sklanka, King's Amarelle, Lutovka, and the Terry, which was 

 named by the Iowa Horticultural Society at its meeting in 1896. This 

 variety was received by H. A. Terry, of Crescent, Pottawatomie county, 

 Iowa, with other Russians from Professor Budd, twelve or thirteen 

 years ago, but was improperly named. He called it for some years the 

 Early Morello. Professor Budd, at the 1897 meeting of the Iowa Hor- 

 ticultural Society, expressed the opinion that this variety was the 

 Bouquet Morello. Mr. Terry claims that it is the finest variety, tak- 

 ing everything into consideration, that has been raised in Iowa. It, 

 together with the Russian varieties above mentioned, has light juice. 

 The tree which I am now growing is a very erect grower, and gives 

 evidence of great hardness and fertility. I have not fruited it. 



Among the Russians ■ with colored juice may be mentioned the 

 Spate Amarelle, Schatten Amarelle, Double Natte, Bruesler Braun, 

 Brussarbian, and the Criotte du Nord. Of these, the Schatten Amer- 

 elle has been grown by Mr. Hinkley, of Marcus, Cherokee county, 

 Iowa, and is pronounced by him to be hardy and prolific. The Double 

 Natte has been grown by Mr. Terry and by Mr. Coleman, on the lat- 

 ter's farm in Adams county, and is regarded by both as of very supe- 

 rior quality. The Bruesler Braun is a fair bearer of fruit much larger 

 than the Montmorency, very rich and almost sweet when thoroughly 

 ripe. I regard it as a very valuable cherry for home use, and it may 

 prove valuable for commercial growing. 



Among other varieties grown in the Northwest I can mention the 

 Early Morello, a chance tree grown by the late David Reed in his 

 orchard in Gage county, Nebraska. This cherry is a strong grower, 

 and the fruit, which has light juice, ripens a week or ten days earlier 

 than Early Richmond, and is pronounced by those who have grown it 

 as of good quality. The Early Morello grown in the vicinity of Kan- 

 sas City is a black cherry of the Morello type, imported by the late 

 A. Sauer. of Rosed ale, Kan., from Erfurt, Germany, about twenty years 

 ago. This Early Morello has been pronounced the Black Morello, and 

 is highly commended by those who have grown it, and is claimed to 

 be a week earlier in ripening than the Early Richmond. 



The Ostheimer Weichsel, also an importation of Mr. Sauer, has 

 been grown in the vicinity of Kansas City for twenty years, and is 

 pronounced by competent horticulturists the finest variety grown in 

 that vicinity. I am inclined to think that it is from the same family 

 as the Cerise d'Ostheim. I have trees of both of these varieties, as also 

 of the Early Morello of Nebraska, and will be able to form an oijinion 

 as to their merits in the course of time. 



