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Mid. — Frogmore ; Amber Bigarreau ; 

 Black Eagle; Napoleon; Waterloo Black; 

 Cleveland; Governor Wood. 



Late. — Florence; Cluster; Emperor 

 Francis; May Duke; Kentish Red; Mor- 

 ello; Noir de Guben; Noble. 



Pollination Trials. 



Out of 22 varieties of cherries used in 

 pollination trials at the John Innes Horti- 

 cultural Institution, three were found 

 self-fertile, Flemish Red, Late Duke and 

 Morello; two partly self-fertile, May Duke 

 and Archduke; and 17 were found self- 

 sterile. 



American Varieties. 



Governor Wood. — A red Gean, one of 

 the best of Professor J. P. Kirkland's 

 seedlings, raised in 1842, at Cleveland, 

 Ohio; one of 30 varieties raised by Kirk- 

 land. Named after Reuben Wood, then 

 Governor of Ohio. Self-sterile. 



BiNG. — From seed of Republican, raised 

 by Seth Lewelling, in Oregon, in 1875, 

 named after a Chinese workman. Self- 

 sterile. 



Black Republican. — Considered in 

 U.S A. one of the best of the Bigarreaus. 

 Originated in orchard of Seth Lewelling, 

 who in 1849 brought seeds of Bigarreau, 

 Morello and Mahaleb, to America. It is 

 thought to be from seed of one of the 

 Bigarreaus. Self-sterile. 



Lambert. — Seedling found under a 

 Napoleon tree, by Henderson Lewelling, 

 who about 1848, planted it in the orchard 

 of J. H. Lambert, Milwaukee, Oregon. 

 The Lewellings were men of indomitable 

 courage, who in spite of every adversity, 

 bred and grew fruits, and did a noble 

 work to the gain of the pomology of the 

 U.S.A. 



Bing, Lambert and Napoleon, the three 

 leading varieties in Oregon, are found 

 to be inter-sterile. The most efficient 

 pollenisers found were Black Tartarian, 

 and Waterhouse, also Elton, Wood and 

 Early Purple. Some of the Duke cherries 

 are capable of pollinating some of the 

 Bigarreaus, and some of the sour cherries 

 (P. cerasus) are capable of pollinating 

 some of the Bigarreaus. 



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