224 Varieties of the Cherry. 
where for local sale or family use; firmness to withstand 
mechanical injury by jarring in transit and durability to escape 
decay during the long journey to distant markets; firmness and 
‘fixed color to stand processing in the cannery and to prevent 
coloring the juice; lateness to extend the cherry season. 
In classification of cherries it was originally considered that 
there were four classes of cherries. The Hearts were the tender 
and half-tender sweet cherries, while the Bigarreaux were the 
firm-fleshed ones; but these have been so intermingled and 
blended together by hybridization that no distinct line can now 
be drawn separating them. There is really but one class of 
these, whose main characteristic is the large, vigorous growth of 
the tree. The Duke and Morello cherries, also wanting a nat- 
ural division, really constitute but one class. 
CHERRY VARIETIES APPROVED BY CALIFORNIA GROWERS. 
Interior | Mountain 
valley valleys | Southern 
and and California.’ 
foot-hills. | plateaux. 
Upper Central 
VaRIETY. Coast Coast 
region. region. 
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Burr’s Seedling...... 
Centennial......... ... ise 
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Early Purple Guigne...... XX 
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Lewelling: cncectecasescdaetes x 
Me zel cccesesusagerwande saesswsus xx XX 
Napoleon (Royal Ann)...} xx Xx 
Pontiac 
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Tartarian (Black)...........) XxX xx Kx Xx KX 
Wood (Governor)........+ x x x x Bs 
May Duke x 5 x XX 
Morello ar or x x x x 
Olivetszecesy cenaiy See Ko |sdeceweepess x | Repraramaes 
Richmond x x x x 
It has been attempted to arrange the varieties approximately 
in the order of their ripening. The brief descriptions of stand- 
ard varieties are in the main condensed from Downing, modi- 
fied, however, in some respects, by reference to experience and 
observation of California growers and nurserymen. 
In addition to the old standard varieties, a number of 
