242 Fruit-growing in Arid Regions 



as Napoleon. Will withstand frost and neglect better than most 

 cherries. 



Sixteen to One. A hardy sweet cherry, and peculiar because 

 it ripens its fruit over a long period. It is being planted to some 

 extent as a market variety, but we think that it will prove to be 

 an amateur fruit only. Originated on the farm of E. J. Mathews 

 at Paonia, Colorado, as a chance seedling. 



Bing and Lambert are two of the newer dark red, sweet cherries 

 that are being extensively planted in Ihe Northwest. Both 

 varieties are very large, and excellent for market as grown in the 

 coast states. Both varieties are being planted in the inter- 

 mountain country proper, but it will be several years before we 

 will know whether they will be adapted to our conditions. 



Montmorency Ordinaire is perhaps the best sour cherry. The 

 tree is vigorous, hardy, and productive. Fruit of good size, firm; 

 skin and flesh light red, with light-colored juice, less tart than 

 most sour kinds and makes a good appearance when canned; 

 quality good. Distinctly a canner's cherry and an excellent 

 market variety. Season late June and early July on the western 

 slope of Colorado, the Cache Valley, Utah, and at Nampa, Idaho; 

 July 10 to 15 in the colder districts where sweet cherries do not 

 succeed. 



English Morello. This variety has been more extensively 

 planted than any other sour cherry, but we think that the Mont- 

 morency will largely take its place in the future. Tree smaller 

 than Montmorency, productive. Fruit of good size, very dark 

 red and very acid. Season, middle of July to August 1 on the 

 western slope of Colorado; somewhat earlier at Brigham City, 

 Utah; July 15 to 20 at Nampa, Idaho; August 1 in the colder 

 districts. 



Peaches 



Peaches are nearly as indifferent to soil conditions as is 

 the Ben Davis apple. To be sure, they respond to good 

 land, but the productiveness and the quality of the fruit 

 seem to be about the same in any soil where the trees are 

 in a vigorous, healthy condition. This is assuming, of 



