1914 FRUITS OF ONTARIO. 103 



ROYAL DUKE. 



A fine pie cherry, but it ripens unevenly, and is inferior to the Late Duke, both 

 in quality and productiveness. 



ORIGIN: France. 



TREE: very upright; vigorous; fairly productive; Duke. 



PBUIT: medium size, half by three-quarters of an inch in diameter; form, roundish, 

 heart shape: color, lighjt red, crimson on sunny side; stem one and a hall' inches long, 

 set in a round, regular cavity; apex, a dimple. 



ROYAL DUKE. 



FLESH: flesh color; texture, moderately firm, juicy; flavor, subacid. 

 QUALITY: cooking, good. 

 VALUE: market, first class. 

 SEASON: early July. 



RUSSIAN MORELLO. (Russian 207.) 



A good cooking cherry. 



ORIGIN: Russia. 



TREE: vigorous; productive. 



FRUIT: small, \ inch long by wide; roundish in form; color, dark red; stem, 2 

 inches long, in a shallow cavity. 



FLESH: color, red, with colored juice; texture, tender, moderately juicy, semi-cling; 

 flavor, ordinary. 



QUALITY: dessert, useless; cooking, good. 



VALUE: market, second class. 



SEASON: mid July. 



SCHMIDTZ. (Schmidtz' Bigarreau.) 



A magnificent cherry, but so far not sufficiently productive. 

 TREE: upright; very vigorous; not very productive; group, Bigarreau. 

 FRUIT: very large; form, obtuse, heart shaped; color, dull red, mottled with rich 

 red; stem, 1J inches long in a large cavity; suture, slight. 



FLESH: color, reddish; texture, firm, moderately juicy, flavor, sweet and rich. 

 QUALITY: first class for dessert. 

 VALUE: market, first class. 

 SEASON: late July. 



