CALIFORNIA FRUITS: HOW TO GROW THEM 



soft to carry well. Fall irrigation is continued as required by local 

 conditions to keep the foliage active sufficiently late in the season. 



VARIETIES OF CHERRY 



Many varieties of the cherry have been tested in this State, and 

 many have been abandoned from one cause or another. The claims 

 to value upon which a variety is judged are several: Extra earli- 

 ness, an important consideration in early districts for shipment, and 

 elsewhere for local sale or family use ; firmness to withstand mechan- 

 ical injury by jarring in transit and durability to escape decay 

 during the long journey to distant markets ; firmness and fixed solor 

 to stand processing in the cannery, and to prevent coloring the juice ; 

 lateness to extend the cherry season. 



In classification of cherries it was originally considered that 

 there were four classes of cherries. The Hearts were the tender and 

 half-tender sweet cherries, while the Bigarreaux were the firm- 

 fleshed ones ; but these have been so intermingled and blended 

 together by hybridization that no distinct line can now be drawn 

 separating them. There is really but one class of these, whose main 

 characteristic is the large, vigorous growth of the tree. The Duke 

 and Morello cherries, also wanting a natural division, really con- 

 stitute but one class. 



The cherries chiefly grown for fruit shipping and for sale to 

 canners are enumerated in Chapter XVI. The following list in- 

 cludes the varieties commended for propagation by the 1920 con- 

 ferences of growers, canners and nurserymen : Bing, Black 

 Tartarian, Burbank, Chapman, Lambert, Black Oregon, Royal Ann, 

 Gov. Wood, Montmarency (sour), Centennial and Giant were 

 added for home orchards. 



BIGARREAUX AND HEARTS 



Early Purple Guigne. Small to medium size; purple; tender, juicy, and 

 sweet. This variety is being displaced by Chapman and Burbank. 



Knight's Early Black. "Large, black, tender, juicy, rich, and excellent; 

 high flavor; a shy bearer until the trees attain age." 



Rockport Bigarreau. Large, pale amber in the shade, light red in the 

 sun; half tender, sweet and good; a very excellent and handsome cherry; 

 good bearer; formerly esteemed for canning and shipping. Declining in 

 favor. 



Cleveland Bigarreau. A thrifty, strong, spreading grower, and produc- 

 tive large; clear red and yellow; juicy, sweet, and rich. 



Black Tartarian.' Fruit of the largest size, bright purplish black. Flesh 

 purplish, thick, juicy, very rich and delicious. Tree a remarkably vigorous 

 erect, and beautiful grower, and an immense bearer; the best of the black 

 cherries. 



Governor V/ood. Large; light yellow shaded with bright red; flesh 

 nearly tender, juicy, sweet, rich and delicious; a vigorous grower and very 

 productive. Increasing in favor. 



Black Eagle. A very excellent English variety, ripening in June; large 

 size, deep purple, or nearly black; flesh deep purple, tender, with a rich, 

 high-flavored juice. 



Mezel, Monstreuses de (Great Bigarreau). A foreign variety of the 

 largest size; dark red or quite black; 'firm and juicy; late. 



