VARIETIES OF CHERRIES 1131 



Napoleon 



Napoleon is the leading sweet cherry in New York. It takes 

 its place by virtue of its large size, handsome appearance, high 

 quality of its fruit, and the great productiveness of its trees. Tho 

 flavor is rich and sweet, with abundant juice and rm crackling 

 flesh, making it a most delicious and refreshing cherry for dessert, 

 and with its large size and attractive color, giving, it preference 

 over all other sweet cherries for culinary purposes. The cherries 

 carry well and keep long. The trees are productive, come in bear- 

 ing early, and are vigorous, hardy, and healthy. Unfortunately 

 the cherries crack in wet weather and are very susceptible to brown 

 rot. The trees, too, are fastidious to soils, thriving only in choice 

 cherry land and in congenial cherry climates. 



Schmidt 



Schmidt, shortened from Schmidt's Bigarreau, hardly receives 

 the attention in New York that it deserves. The characters that 

 entitle it to a high place are : its large size, its round plump form, 

 jind glossy, black color; crisp, firm, juicy flesh, and sweet, rich 

 flavor ; dark ruby-red color under the skin which makes it pleasing 

 inwardly and outwardly ; freedom from brown rot ; and vigorous, 

 healthy, productive tree. 



Windsor 



Windsor is one of the standard hard-fleshed cherries in New 

 York. In both fruit and trees it seems to suit cherry growers. 

 The flesh is firm, and the product stands harvest and shipping well 

 ;it a season of the year when brown rot is usually rife. The qual- 

 ity is good, being equalled but not surpassed by others of its class. 

 Tho trees are the hardiest of the sweet cherry, and are usually 

 fruitful. They have the faults, however, of not coming in bearing 

 early, of being so varied in growth as to make it difficult to harvest 

 the crop, and of bearing fruit that is too much clustered. For 

 some reason or other Windsor is the freest of all the sweet cherries 

 from thieving birds. We can join with all who grow this variety 

 in recommending it as one of the best late market sorts. 



