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REPORT ON THH 



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OHIO (Ohio Beautfi). 



A sweet cherry, succeeiling Wooil ; nnt subject to rot 



Origin : Ohio. 



Tree: habit upright ; vigonms producer ; class Heart. 



Fkuit : size large, -J j x \'-'. ; turm heartshaped ; stalk one and a halt inches long, slender in 

 a moderately deep, somewhat irregular cavity ; color light yellow, nearly overspread witii light 

 and dark shades of hright red. 



Flesh ; color yellowish white ; texture tender, meaty, somewhat juicy ; flavor sweet, very 

 pleasant. 



Qi ALTTY : dessert very good ; cooking fair. 



A'.\LUE : market second class compared with black oxhearts. 



Sro.vsox : early to mid July. 



PURITY. 



A remarkably fine Morello cherry, ripening slightly in advance of the Early Richmond, 

 and very productive. It closely resembles Dyehouse. 



Thee: fairly vigorous, healthy and productive ; an early bearer. 



Fju'it: size fair, -| x J of an inch ; form roundish ; color very dark red ; stem long, li to 2 

 inches long, set in a deep cavity ; apex much depressed ; pit small. 



Fi.EsH : color yellowish ; texture tender ; very juicy ; flavor subacid ; pleasant. 



QrALiTY : dessert fair ; cooking very good to best. 



Nalue: market first class. 



S);asox: late June to early July. 



PLYMOUTH [Plymouth Rock). 



A valuable white Bigarreau because not subject to rot, and a fine shipper. 

 Origin: Connecticut. 



Tkee: vigorous ; very productive ; an early bearer. 



Fkuit: medium, f xj of an inch; heart shaped ; color bright red in sun on yellowi.=h 

 ground ; stem If inches long in a one-sided cavity. 



Flesh : j'ellow ; texture tender, meaty, moderately juicy ; flavor sweet, rich, excellent. 

 Quality : very good for dessert. 

 A'alue: market second class. 

 Season : mid ,Iuly. 



RICHMOND [Earhi Pdchmond). 



( Virgmian May ; Kentish Pie of Hogg ; Platire of LeRoy. ) 



This Morello cherry appears to be of French origin, and George Lindley supposed that it 

 had been brought into England from Flanders in the reign of Henry 11 [. 



Tree: slow grower, slender in branch ; very hardy; very productive in proportion toils 



Richmond. 



Fruit : lielow medium, fiee 

 from rot an<l not very subject 

 to curculio ; form almi'st 

 round, though slightly flat- 

 tened ; skin uniformly of a 

 bright red becondng <larl;er 

 as it matures ; stem slender, 

 about one inch in length, 

 often carrying the calyx, in- 

 serted in a good sized cavity ; 

 apex set in a small indenta- 

 tion. 



Fi.esh : very tender in 

 texture; yellowish with 

 abundant uncolored juice ; 

 flavor quite acid ; pit small. 



Qi'alitv : poor for dessert, but first class for all culinary purposes. 



\'alue ■ very good for market. 



Se.^sox : early to mid July. 



ADAPTA'rioN : succeeds wherever iherries are grown in the Province. 



