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color dark red; flesh colored, fibrous, juicy, sweet with a pleasing subacid flavor; stone 



small, broad, cordate, adhering to both stem and flesh. 



Very Large Heart. P. avium, i. Land. Hort. Soc. Cat. 53. 1831. 



Mentioned in this reference. 

 Vesta. P avium, i. U. S. D. A. Rpt. 262. 1892. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 150. 1895. 



Vesta is a seedling of Napoleon which originated with C. E. Hoskins, Newberg, 

 Oregon; fruit of medium size, obtuse-cordate, very dark; flesh firm, sweet; quality 

 good; ripens the middle of Jtme. 



Vilna Sweet. P. avium, i. la. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 330. 1885. 2. Wash. Sta. Bui. 92:31. 

 1910. 



Vilna Sweet was imported by Professor J. L. Budd from Vilna, Russia. This variety 

 shows much promise in the West as a local sort but is too tender to ship. Tree of medium 

 size, upright, very hardy, free from diseases; fruit large, roiuidish to oblong, compressed; 

 stem long, slender; cavity rather deep, narrow, often lipped on the side showing a suture; 

 color red, often entirely covering the yeUow groimd; flesh whitish, tinged with pink, tender 

 but meaty, sprightly, subacid becoming sweet; pit free, large, ovate, plump, smooth; 

 ripens the middle of July hanging to the tree until the last of August. 

 Violet. P cerasus. 



According to a letter from H. Back & Sons, New Trenton, Indiana, Violet resembles 

 English Morello but is more roimd and not as acid. 



Virginia May Duke. P. avium, i. Elliott Fr. Book 220. 1854. 2. Hooper W. Fr. Book 

 269. 1857. 



A small, cordate, bright red, second rate Mazzard cherry. 

 Vistula. Species? i. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 149. 1896. 



Mentioned as planted and as having been kUled by the winter. 

 Voronezh No. 27. P. cerasus. i. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 76. 1890. 



A promising, vigorous variety imported under this number from Voronezh, Russia; 

 Fruit very large, bright red, round, somewhat flattened; flesh juicy, subacid; pit small, 

 season very late. 

 Wabash. P cerasus. i. U. S. D. A. Pom. Rpt. 41. 1895. 



Wabash was introduced by Samuel Kinsey, Kinsey, Ohio, the original tree having 

 stood since 1848 on the grounds of Mrs. Ellen Pawlings, Wabash, Indiana. Fruit borne 

 singly, of the MoreUo type, rovmdish-oblate, above medium in size, surface smooth; cavity 

 large, wide, deep, flaring; stem long, slender, curved; suture a shallow line; skin thin, 

 tough, glossy, bright crimson turning to dark red; dots very small, indented; flesh yellowish, 

 veined, translucent, tender, melting, subacid, rich; quality very good; season a week later 

 than Early Richmond. 

 Wachampa. P. pumila X P- trifiora. 1. S. Dak. Sta. Bui. 130:181. 191 1. 



Wachampa is a cross between the Sand Cherry and the Occident plum. Fruit an 

 inch to an inch and one quarter in diameter; skin bitter, dark purple; flesh and juice 

 dark purple. 

 Wagner. P. avium, i. Wash. Sta. Bui. 92:31. 1910. 



Tree upright, round-topped, with long branches; fniit medium to large, roundish- 



