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MASS. EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 401 



9. Schmidt 



Habit of growth . .Upright-spreading, short, 

 stout 



Bark (2 year) Light brown 



Buds Medium sized, quite blunt 



Lenticels Rather large, raised 



Petiole Medium in length and thickness 



Leaf Large, broad 



Base Cordate 



Folding Saucer-folded 



Surface Veiny, dull 



Color Light yellowish green 



Elkhorn 



Upright, tall, rather 



slender 

 Dull medium brown 

 Large, pointed 

 Rather small, less raised 

 Longer and more slender 

 Smaller and more narrow 

 Not cordate 

 Flat 

 Slightly rugose, not veiny, 



semi-glossy 

 Medium clear green 



It is apparent from the above comparison that trees of Schmidt and Elkhorn 

 have very little in common, yet according to Upshall (6) these two varieties are 

 sometimes confused. Other mixtures or substitutions mentioned by him include 

 Ida for Gov. Wood and Black Eagle for Black Tartarian. In neither of these 

 last two pairs of varieties are there enough similarities in the nursery trees to 

 warrant a comparison. They may be similar in fruit, but certainly they are 

 distinct in tree characters. 



B. Newer or Less Comm«n Varieties 



Several of the newer or less well-known varieties have more or less similarity 

 to some of the standard sorts. In the following comparisons the standard variety 

 which has the most in common with the new sort has been chosen to compare 

 with it. In some cases these similarities are rather few in number. 



1. Lambert Giant 



Habit of growth . .Tall Medium tall, stocky 



Bark (1 year) Abundant scarf-skin Less scarf-skin 



Lenticels Numerous Fewer, less distinct 



Petiole Medium thick Rather thick 



Glands Medium to large, reddish Large, rather light colored 



Leaf Large Larger and somewhat 



longer 



Apex Full Narrow with longer tip 



Folding Flat to saucer-folded Flat 



Color Rather light clear green Darker clear green 



Surface Somewhat rugose More rugose 



These two varieties are as nearly alike as any two varieties of sweet cherries 

 considered in this publication. 



2. Schmidt 



Habit of growth . . Upright-spreading, short 



Lenticels Raised 



Young tip leaves. Tinged with red, light 



yellowish green 

 Glands Large, reddish, near base 



of blade 



Emperor Francis 



More spreading but tall 

 More raised 

 Redder, darker green 



Medium, lighter, well be- 

 low the blade 



