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cherry tree and the fruit resembles the sour 

 kinds. It is of excellent quality and is perhaps 

 the best of its kind. None of these cherries 

 are so adaptable to soil and climate as are 

 certain of the sour cherries, but where they 

 can be grown they are very welcome additions 

 to the home orchards. They also make excel- 

 lent market sorts in some sections because 

 the fruit is attractive and of good quality. The 

 habit of ripening their fruit unevenly makes 

 them very often unprofitable for the market 

 grower. 



Schmidt 



Aside from the fact that it originated in 

 Germany, Schmidt is a good black sweet cherry. 

 It is hardy, vigorous and adaptable to a wide 

 variety of soils; probably one of the most 

 adaptable of the sweet cherries and certainly 

 one of the most resistant to brown rot. It 

 has not been widely planted commercially, but 

 seems to be gaining favor as a home orchard 

 fruit. The late Professor Van Deman con- 

 sidered it the best sweet cherry for planting 

 in the East. 



Windsor 



As might be expected from the fact that it 

 originated in Ontario, the Windsor is a very 

 hardy variety of sweet cherry. The fruit is 

 large, beautiful in form and almost black in 



