The Canadian Horticulturist. 



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The Napoleon is a fully larger cherry than the Spanish, which becomes 

 richly shaded with deep red in the sun. It ripens a little later than the last 

 mentioned variety and the tree is usually much more productive ; the fruit is, 

 however, not so highly flavored, and therefore not so much esteemed as a dessert 

 cherry. 



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Fig. 976. — N.\FoLto>. 



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The great drawback to both these varieties of cherries is their great ten- 

 dency to rot on the trees before or at maturity, and for that reason we Canadian 

 growers too often harvest them while still immature, and lacking both color and 

 flavor. 



The Monstreuse de Mezel, (Fig. 977) or Mezel for short, as we prefer to call 

 it, surpasses any cherry we know^ for beauty, size and flavor combined. It very 

 much resembles the Tartarian in appearance, but is larger, later, and firmer in 

 flesh, while the tree is a more vigorous grower, according to our experience at 

 Maplehurst. It is fully mature the first week in July. 



