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No. 24 



RUSSIAN MORELLO. (Bussian 207). 

 A good cookiriCT chei-ry. 

 Origin : Rnsia. 

 Tree : vigorous ; productive. 



Fruit: small, 4 inch long by | wide; roundish in form; color dai'k red; stem two 

 inches long in a shallow cavity. 



RllS.SI.AN IMORELLO. 



Flesh: color red with colored juice; textui'e tender, moderately juicy, senii-cling 

 fiavor ordinary. 



Quality: dessert useless; cooking good. 

 A'alue : market second class. 

 Season : mid July. 



SCHMIDTZ {Sdariidtz' Bigrm-eau). 



A magnificent cherry, but fo far not sufficiently productive. 

 Tree : upright ; very vigorous ; not ver)' productive : group, Bigarreau. 

 FRurr: very large: form obtufe, heart-shaped; color dull red, mottled with 

 stem 11 inch long in a large cavity ; suture slight. 



Flesh: color reddish ; texture firm, moderately juicy, flavor sweet and rich. 

 Quality: first-class for dessert. 

 Value : market, first-class. 

 Season : late Julv. 



rich 



SPANISH ( Ycnov SjMnhh). 



Of the Bigarreau cherries this is one of the finest, both on account of its great size and 

 its delicious flavor. The tree grows to a very large size, surpassing in this respect any other 

 cultivated variety with which we are acquainted . It does not average very productive, because 

 the fruit often blasts and drops, or is destroyed by Monilia. When, however, it does mature 

 a good crop, the yield is enormous. 



The variety is of European origin, and was introduced into the United States in ISOO. 



Tree : very vigorous, of large growth ; liabit, spreading, fairly productive. 



Fruit: very large and of a beautifully waxy lustre; f(.rm round, obtuse, heartshaped ; 

 skin clear amber, nearly covered with red when exposed to the sun ; stem stout, \\ inches long 

 in a wide cavity ; suture traceable. 



Flesh : pale yellow ; texture firm, juicy, breaking ; flavor sweet, delicious when well 

 ripened. ■ ■ 



Quality : dessert very good ; cooking or canning, very good. 



Season : early July. 



Value: market first class. 



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