Massachusetts 

 agricultural experiment station 



Bulletin No. 401 February 1943 



Plant Characters of Cherry 

 Varieties 



By A. P. French 



Considerable economic loss has resulted from planting cherry trees untrue to 

 name. As an aid in the elimination of such a hazard, this bulletin directs atten- 

 tion to the characteristics by which nursery cherry trees may be identified and 

 records the important differences between the principal varieties. 



MASSACHUSETTS STATE COLLEGE 

 AMHERST, MASS. 



