268 ^ WESTERN FRUIT H U K . 



has rather a tendency to decay. Tree strong, spreading, 

 healthy, and productive. Eecommended by Messrs. Bu- 

 chanan, Ernst, and Warder, for the locality of Cincinnati. 

 "Excellently well adapted for the locality of Cincinnati." 

 —F. G. Gary. 



From Report of R. Buchanan, A. H. Ernst, and J. A. 

 Warder, to the American Pomological Society. 



CHEERIES. 



" Cherries bear, on an average, one out of three years. 

 The climate of Southern Ohio is too warm for this fruit, 

 and but few varieties succeed well here. The best cherry 

 region in our State is the southern shore of Lake Erie, 

 w^here fine crops are produced almost every year. The 

 rose-bug and the slug, there complained of, do not annoy 

 us here ; but the trees of the finer varieties often crack 

 oj^en in winter, after warm wet Autumns, and are either 

 destroyed or greatly disfigured. 



" The western country is largely indebted to Dr. J. P. 

 Kirtland, of Cleveland, for the production of some very 

 fine seedling cherries, better adapted to the climate than 

 those of foreign origin. The hardiest varieties with us 

 are of the ' Morello ' family ; next are the ' Dukes,' and 

 least of all the ' Bigarreaus.' 



" The following are mostly cultivated : 



" Belle de Choisy, Black Hawk, Black Tartarian, Down- 

 er's Late Eed, Early May, Early Prolific, Elton, Governor 

 Wood, Kirtland's Mammoth, Kirtland's Mary, Eeine Ilor- 

 tense. Carnation, May Duke, Mottled Bigarreau, Napo- 

 leon, Pontiac, Red Jacket, Eockport (hardiest, very early). 

 White Bigarreau, Yellow Spanish. 



Dwarf cherry trees are produced by propagating the 

 Sweet or Duke varieties on the Mahaleb or Morello roots. 

 They should be w^orked just at the crown of the root. 



