146 



LAMBERT 



LARGE MONTMORENCY 



found in dooryards and home gardens in 

 eastern United States as often as any other 

 sweet cherry with the exception of Black 

 Tartarian. The characters which give it popu- 

 larity are chiefly those of its fruits, which 

 are excellent in quality 

 and handsome in ap- 

 pearance. The cherries 

 are of a glossy, dark 

 purple color, and are 

 uniform in color, shape, 

 and size. Unfortunate- 

 ly the fruits run small, 

 leading to low yields. 

 Knight, in size, color, 

 and flavor of fruit is 

 much like Black Tar- 

 tarian, but the cherries 

 are smaller and ripen 

 earlier. The trees are 

 about all that could 

 be desired in a sweet 

 cherry; these are char- 

 acteristically marked 

 by smooth bark dotted 

 with large lenticels. 

 This old variety has too 

 many merits, especially 

 for home grounds, to be 

 wholly forgotten. 

 Knight came from T. 

 A. Knight, Downton 

 Castle, Wiltshire, Eng- 

 land, about 1810. 



127. Knight Early 

 Black. (XD 



Tree of medium size, upright-spreading, open-topped, 

 very productive. Leaves numerous, 5% inches long, 2^ 

 inches wide, long-oval, thin ; margin doubly serrate ; 

 petiole 2 inches long with 2 or 3 large, reniform, red- 

 dish glands. Flowers midseason, white, 1^4 inches 

 across ; borne in dense clusters, usually in twos. Fruit 

 early ; % inch in diameter, conical ; cavity wide, rather 

 abrupt ; suture indistinct ; apex flattened, with a small 

 depression at the cen- 

 ter ; color dark reddish- 

 black, obscurely mot- 

 tled ; dots numerous, 

 small, russet, obscure ; 

 stem slender, 1% in- 

 ches long, adhering 

 well to the fruit ; skin 

 thin, tender, separating 

 from the pulp ; flesh 

 dark red, with dark- 

 colored juice, tender, 

 meaty, mild, sweet ; of 

 good quality ; stone 

 free, small, round- 

 ovate, with smooth sur- 

 faces. 



LAMBERT. 



Fig. 128. P. avium. 

 In appearance, the 

 fruits of Lambert 

 are like those of 

 Black Heart, hav- 

 ing much the same 

 shape and color, 

 but larger, more 

 rotund, smoother, 

 and brighter. The 

 flesh and flavor 

 leave little to be 

 desired ; the flesh 



128. Lambert. (XD 



is purplish-red marbled with lighter red, firm, 

 meaty, and juicy, with a sweet, rich flavor that 

 at the first taste one marks "very good." The 

 tree is strong, vigorous, healthy, and usually 

 fruitful and regular in bearing. The fruit sets 

 in great loose clusters, often a dozen or more 

 cherries to the fruit-spur. The leaves are re- 

 markably large, of dark green color, the foliage 

 betokening the vigor of the variety. Lambert 

 is well worthy of thorough testing for either 

 home or market wherever the sweet cherry can 

 be grown. It originated as a seedling under a 

 Napoleon tree, about 1848, in the orchard of 

 J. H. Lambert, Milwaukee, Oregon. 



Tree medium to large in size and vigor, upright- 

 spreading, very productive. Leaves 4*4 inches long, 

 2 % inches wide, obovate, thin ; margin doubly serrate, 

 glandular ; petiole 1 % inches long, glandless, or with 

 1-3 small, globose, reddish glands. Flowers midseason, 

 1*4 inches across, white; borne usually in twos. Fruit 

 midseason ; 1 inch in diameter, round-cordate, com- 

 pressed ; cavity deep, flaring ; suture shallow, often a 

 mere line ; apex rounded, depressed at the center ; color 

 very dark red changing to reddish-black ; dots numerous, 

 small, russet, obscure ; stem tinged with red, slender, 

 1^4 inches long, adherent to the fruit; skin thin, 

 adhering to the pulp ; flesh dark red, with scant dark 

 red juice, meaty, firm, pleasantly flavored, sweet ; of 

 very good quality ; stone clinging, large, wide, ovate, 

 flattened, blunt, oblique, with smooth surfaces. 



LARGE MONT- 

 MORENCY. Fig. 129. 

 P. Cerasus. Flemish. 

 Short Stem Mont- 

 morency. Montmoren- 

 cy. Large Montmoren- 

 cy is easily distin- 

 guished by several 

 marked characters from 

 the common Montmor- 

 ency, known to all, 

 with which it is most 

 often confused. Its 

 fruits are more often 

 borne singly, are larger, 

 have a shorter, thicker 

 stem, are more oblate, 

 and ripen a little earlier. 

 The trees are more up- 

 right, with stouter 

 branches, and are far 

 less fruitful. The flesh- 

 characters of the two 



kinds are much the same; the flavor in both 

 is particularly refreshing to those who like 

 the acidity of the sour cherry. Large Mont- 

 morency has been tried and found wanting in 

 productiveness, so that it can rarely be recom- 

 mended as a commercial variety, but it is 

 much too good a fruit to be wholly lost, and 

 should be grown by connoisseurs who want a 

 large, finely flavored sour cherry. Large Mont- 

 morency came to America from England about 

 the same time as Montmorency and Early 

 Richmond, early in the nineteenth century. 



Tree large, vigorous, upright, vasiform, unproductive. 

 Leaves numerous, 3% inches long, 1% inches wide, thick, 

 stiff ; margin serrate, glandular ; petiole 1 inch long, 

 glandless or with 1-3 globose, yellow glands. Flowers 

 midseason, white, 1 inch across ; borne in scattering 

 clusters, usually in threes. Fruit midseason ; % inch in 

 diameter, oblate, compressed ; cavity wide, flaring ; 



129. Large Mont- 

 morency. (XD 



