STOKES SEED FARMS COMPANY 



MOORESTOWN 



Cherry Trees 



NEW JERSEY 



Price, 4-5 ft.— 65c each, $6.00 

 for 10, $55.00 for 100. 



We offer 

 five varieties 

 of cherries, 

 three sweet 

 and two sour. 

 The sour 

 cherries are 

 proving by all means the most 

 profitable here Ln this general 

 vicinity. However, there is a 

 large market for sweet cherries 

 and, of course, for home gar- 

 den purposes they are very 

 desirable, at least in combina- 

 tion with sour cherries. In 

 order to secure complete pollenation it is desirable 

 never to have less than four cherry trees planted 

 in an orchard. 



EARLY RICHMOND 



This is a common Enghsh ■ pie cherry. It is 

 an exceedingly productive and verj' reUable old 

 .standard. The cherries themselves are of a rich 

 dark red color, medium in size and of a crisp acid 

 flavor. They are unsurpassed for cooking. Their period of ripening 

 will begin earl^' in Jime. 



MONTMORENCY 



A sour cherry, ripening perhaps two weeks later 

 than the Early Richmond. The fruit is large and 

 red and the tree very hardy and proUfic. Montmo- 

 rency is especially valuable as a market variety. 



M6LACK TARTARIAN 



An old standard cherry. A variety which produces immense 

 crops of very large purple-black fruits. The flesh is extremely 

 sweet and of a dehcate jellylike consistency. The trees 

 EARLY^MCHMOND make a beautiful erect growth. In season they will ripen 

 in New Jersey about June twentieth. As is the case with 

 all sweet cherries, they require prompt handUng 

 at ripening time in order to prevent losses. 



CHERRIES 



(Natural Size) 



NAPOLEON 



A sweet cherry, yellow-amber in color with a bright red blush. Napo- 

 leon has been found rather profitable for market but will prove especially 

 desirable in the home orchard, either as a dessert cherry or for canning 

 purposes, the flesh having an extremely sweet and alluring flavor. 



BING 



A sweet cherry especially popular in the Far West. In color it is almost 

 maroon, the flavor of the flesh being most delicious. It is grown in large 

 quantities commercially and will prove to be one of the most desirable varieties 

 for the home garden as well. 



Plum Trees 



Price, 4-5 ft.— 75c each, S7.00 for 10, $65.00 for 100. 

 ABUNDANCE 



An amber-colored plum with markings of red, very juicy and 

 sweet, of dehcious quahty when well ripened. It may be picked 

 when it begins to color and will keep a moderatel}' long time. 

 The fact that it may be picked green and ripened in storage, 

 makes it desirable for commercial purposes. It will usually be 

 necessary to thin the trees to prevent overbearing. Abundance 

 will ripen in August. 



SATSUMA 



A dark-red blood plum, perhaps the most delicious in flavor of 

 of the Japanese varieties. It is especially desirable for market purposes, 

 being very handsome, firm and having very fair keeping qualities, 

 holding from one to three weeks after picking. 



GREEN GAGE 



The European name for this variety is Heine Claude de Bavaj'. In season this 

 green variety is late September. It is used in preference to all others for preserves. 



BURBANK 



A cherry red plum, attaining a size of from 5 to 6 inches in circumference, when 

 properly thinned. The flesh is a rich yellow and extremely good to eat, firm enough, 

 however, to allow for long distance shipping. It is vigorous, productive and of a spread- 

 ing habit. It will ripen about August 25th, about two weeks later than Abundance. 



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