NEW YORK AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION, 



Geneva, N. Y., Jamuiry 12, 1915 



To the Honorable Board, of Control of the New York Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station: 



Gentlemen: — ^I have the honor to transmit herewith the manu- 

 script copy for Part II of the 33d Annual Report of this Station. This 

 contribution is the fourth monograph on the fruits of New York State, 

 prepared under your direction by the Horticulturist of this institution 

 and his associates. 



The cherry, which this manuscript discusses, is undoubtedly most 

 widely grown of the tree-fruits of the State; for within easy reach of every 

 rural housewife — in orchard or garden, along roadside or lane — the 

 " pie cherry " will be found; and many a lawn, even in village or city, 

 is graced by the stately trees which bear the delicious Yellow Spanish 

 or Black Tartarian. In many parts of the State, also, cherry growing 

 is an industry of much commercial importance, with orchards exceeded 

 in value by those of the apple and peach alone. 



Because of its widespread ' popularity and commercial importance 

 the cherry well merits treatment in this place in the series of monographs. 

 It is hoped and believed that the growers and lovers of the fruit will appre- 

 ciate and utilize to good advantage the result here presented of years of 

 painstaking work by the authors. The discussions are based not alone 

 on Station experience with hundreds.' of the thousand or more varieties 

 described, but as well upon the collected observations of many cherry 

 growers and the expressed judgments of the leading pomologists who 



have been interested in this fruit. 



W. H. JORDAN, 



Director 



