322 THE CHERRIES OF NEW YORK 



in its variable form. Tree productive; fruit medium to large; stem rather long, set in 

 a shallow cavity; color dark red with lighter red flecks; flesh firm, pale yellow, subacid; 

 stone rather large, nearly free; ripens the middle of July. 



Spitzens Herzkirsche. P. avium, i. Truchsess-Heim Kirschensort. i6o, i6i, 673. 1819. 

 2.Ill.Handb.ii&g.,'j2. i860. 3. MortHkt LeCerisier 2:^01. 1866. 4. Thomas 

 Guide Prat. 18, 199. 1876. 



Guigne noire Spitz. 5. Leroy Diet. Pom. 5:333 fig. 1877. 



Bigarreau noire de Spitz. 6. Mas Pom. Gen. 11:159. 1882. 



Spitzens Herzkirsche is a seedling found in Guben, Prussia, Germany, about 1790. 

 Tree vigorous, productive; fruit usually borne in pairs, large, obtuse-cordate, compressed; 

 suture shallow; stem short; cavity shallow; skin glossy, tender, dark reddish-brown changing 

 to black, lighter along the suture; flesh dark red, tender, fibrous, sweet, aromatic when fully 

 ripe; stone of medium size, plump, oval, slightly adherent; season late. 

 Srdcovka V Skalka. P. avium, i. Obstziichter 8:51. 1910. 



A Heart cherry found in the markets of Brtirm, Moravia, Austria. 

 Stanapa. P. pumila X P. pissardi. 1. S. Dak. Sta. Bui. 130:190, 191. 1911. 



Stanapa is a cross between the Sand Cherry and Prunus pissardi, interesting only 

 because of its beautiful purple foliage. 

 Standard. P. pumila. i. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 353. 1896. 



Standard is a seedling of Prunus pumila, the. Sand Cherry, grown by the Experiment 

 Station at Manitoba, Canada; fruit large, astringent. 

 Starr Prolific. Species? i. Ont. Fr. Exp. Sta. Rpt. 1:22. 1894. 



Mentioned as growing on the grounds of L. Woolverton, Grimsby, Ontario, Canada. 

 Strass Early Black. P. avium X P- cerasus. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 473. 1869. 

 2. Agr. Gaz. N. S. Wales 19:996. 1908. 



Many writers beHeve Strass Early Black to be Reine Hortense. Tree vigorous, pro- 

 ductive; fruit small, partly cordate, flattened on one side; stem of medium length, set in a 

 shallow cavity; skin dark red becoming almost black; flesh reddish-pink, rather soft, sweet, 

 with pinkish juice; stone large. 

 Strauss. P. cerasus. i. Del. Sta. An. Rpt. 12:127. 1900. 



Strauss Weichsel. 2. la. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 328. 1885. 3. Can. Exp. Farm Bui. 17:11. 

 1892. 



This is not the Strauss Weichsel of Europe but one of Budd's importations. Tree 

 upright, hardy, round-topped, vigorous, unproductive; fruit medium to large, truncate, 

 flattened at both ends; cavity medium; apex smooth; stem short, slender; flesh dark red 

 almost black, firm, juicy, sprightly, acid, astringent; stone small, round; season the last 

 of June. 



Strauss Weichsel. P cerasus. i. Christ Worterb. 289. 1802. 2. Truchsess-Heim 

 Kirschensort. 502-505. 1819. 3. Dochnahl FUhr. Obstkunde 3:59. 1858. 

 4. III. Handb. 81 fig., 82. 1867. 



Tree dwarfish, unproductive; fruit on a single stem but several come out of one bud 

 and the buds are closely set; fruit large, flattened at both ends; apex slightly rounded; 

 stem long, thin, straight; color brownish-black; flesh tender, dark red, with abundant, 

 colored juice; quality good; ripens the middle of June. 



