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THE LOVETT COMPANY, LITTLE SILVER, JSf. /. 



CHERRIES. 



HEARTS AND BIGARREAUS, 



juicy, rich, mild and sweet; 

 EarlT. One of the most 



Black Tartarian= Large 

 vigorous and productive, 

 productive and valuable. 



Coe's Transparent. Medium: pale amber, beautifully 

 mottled: very tender, sweet, juicy, very valuable, pop- 

 ular: one of the best. Early. 



Gov. Wood. Large; yellow shaded with light red; 

 juicy, very delicious. A vigorous grower. Early. 



Napoleon. Very large: pale yellow and red; firm, 

 sweet and profitable. A magnificent cherry and vigoi'- 

 ous gi'0"^er. Midseason. 



Rockport. Large; clear red shaded with pale amber; 

 firm, juicy, sweet, excellent. Early. 



Windsor. Large; dark liver color: fii-m and solid, 

 rich and of good quality. Hardy, vigorous and exces- 

 sively productive. Late. 



Yellow Spanish. Very large: yellowish- white, tinted 

 rose; juicy, rich, sweet; very popular. Midseason. 



Plant Hearts and Bigarreaus 20 feet apart each icay. and Dukes and Morellos 12 to 15 feet. 

 Cherries will not succeed on wet soil. The class Hearts and Bigarreaus or '"sweet cherries'" are even more 

 unlike the class Dukes or Morellos or "-sour cherries" in habit of tree and growth than in fruit The trees of the 

 sweet class are to be preferred for shade, for which pui-pose they are excellent. 



Fii'st class, 5 to 7 ft., each. 25c; doz.. 82.50; 100. 812.00. Toolarge to mail. 

 Extra size. 6 to 8 ft., each, iOc; doz., 84.00: 100. 820.00. 



DUKES AND MORELLOS. 



Early Richmond {Early May. Kentish Pie Cheinry). 

 Medium, red: juicy, acid, popular. Very productive. 



English ?lorello. Large: dark red. nearly black; flesh 

 dark, juicy, rich, acid ; productive and profitable. Late. 



Late Duke. Large; rich; dark red when ripe: flesh 

 pale amber; sub-acid; fine. Late. 



Louis Phillippe. Medium, roimdish: rich, dark pm-- 

 plish-red; flesh red; juicy, mild, sub-acid. Said to do 

 finely at the "West. Late. 



I^ay Duke. Large: dark red. nearly black when ripe, 

 melting, rich, juicy, excellent; popular, reliable. Early. 



[^lontmorency Ordinaire. Large; bright red; acid; 

 larger and later than Early Richmond. 



Olivet. Large; deep red; tender, rich, vinous. A 

 choice variety of French origin. Early. 



Ostheim. Large; red, when fully, ripe a dark red; 

 tender, juicy, pleasant. Tree exceedingly hardy; a 

 vigorous gi'ower and productive. A G-erman variety. 



PLYMOUTH ROCK. 



Read, fruit growers, and rejoice \ The introduction of 

 this unique variety has overcome the two greatest obsta- 

 cles to the successful growing of light-colored cherries. 

 Who is there that has not felt like giving up in despair at 

 the depredations of the destructive birds who take our 

 choicest cherries, and at the quick decay of the fruit when 

 ripe, whether gathered or upon the tree, and especially in 

 hot, muggy weather "? Many growers have abandoned the 

 growing of light-colored varieties, such as Yellow Spanish. 

 Coe's Transparent, etc.. which, however choice and excel- 

 lent otherwise, are all subject to these insurmoimtable 

 defects. Xow. extraordinary as the fact may appear, the 

 Plvmouth Rock is exempt from both these di-awbacks— the 

 bii'ds do not molest the fruit and it does not quicl ly decay 

 —and it posseses. moreover, all the good points that go to 

 make the best light-colored varieties profitable and desirable. 



Om' attention was called to the PhTnouth Rock Cherry 

 five 3'ears ago, by an amateur fruit grower of wide expe 

 rience and unusual disceniment residing in north-eastern 

 Connecticut, who informed us that the fi-uit. though showA- 

 and of excellent quality, would remain upon the tree when 

 ripe, or after gathered, in perfect condition longer than 

 any other variety he had ever seen, although an amber 

 variety; and for some unknown reason itsfrv.it icas never 

 molested by birds. We must confess we did not accept this' statement without allowances, but k-nowing such a 

 cherry to be of gi'eat value, we visited the gentleman. To our unbounded joy and surprise we found the original 

 tree and others gi^own from it, heavilv laden with large, bright amber, largely ovei-spread with carmine, cherries 

 in perfect condition although the fruit had been ripe for ten days, during u-hich time it had rained almost every 

 day and theiceather excessively hot. Upon testing the fruit f reely we f oimd it of not only excellent but high qual- 

 ity—sweet, rich, sprightly, juicy and tender— and with small stone. We gathered a quantity, which we carried 

 some two hundred miles and it kept perfectlv with no care whatever for a iceek. As to the birds, although the 

 trees of aU other varieties in the gi'ounds where the trees of Plymouth Rock stood had been stripped of fnut. we 

 could detect no evidence of a single cherry of the Plymouth Rock having been taken by a bird. The bii-ds avoided 

 the trees of it, for some reason as yet unexplained. * The tree of this variety is a good healthy grower, begins 

 bearing young and is a heavy annual bearer. 



As a desirable fruit for the home grounds we are confident it is without an equal; but its greatest value is for 

 market growing— for there is nothing in the way of cherries that can be compare^l with it as a variety for profit. 



First class, ea., 50c; 3 for $1.25; doz., ^.00; 100, 830.00. Extra sized, ea., Toe; 3 for 82.00; doz., $7.00. One 

 year, ea., SOc; 3 for 75c; doz,, $3.50; 100, $20.00. Small trees by muU at prices for each, three and dozen. 



