You may buy cherries, fresh or canned; but if you ever tasted any fresh and ripe from the tree, you 
will surely want a few trees of your own. Possibly you cannot grow any sweet cherries, since they 
thrive only in favored localities; they also require particular attention and care, especially in spraying. 
But the sour cherry can be grown almost anywhere. It is notably hardy and quite adaptable to different 
soils and climates. It grows under neglect better than any other fruit tree. The three leaders— Early 
Richmond, Montmorency, and English Morello — ripen over a season of nearly forty-five days. 
The sour cherry makes a fine ornamental windbreak, gives great satisfaction in the home garden, 
and offers great possibilities for profit for the grower who supplies local markets. 
all other varieties put together. It is ENGLISH MORELLO The latest 
BLACK TARTARIAN 
(Sweet) 
Most widely 
planted sweet 
cherry east of 
the Mississippi. Beautiful, lustrous, 
purplish-black when ripe. Medium size 
for sweet cherry. Flesh purplish-red, firm, 
tender, pleasant flavor, sweet and mild; 
very good quality. The tree is a very 
large, vigorous, upright grower; adapts 
itself to different soils and climates. Very 
productive and regular l>earer. Com- 
paratively free from brown rot. Early. 
EARLY RICHMOND 
(Sour) 
The favorite 
early sour 
cherry, and 
next to the Montmorency the most 
popular of all cherries. It is larger, 
brighter colored than Montmorency or 
English Morello, and not so sour, but 
bears less abundantly. Fruit is medium 
size, roundish shape, flattened at the 
end; flesh light color, tender, and 
sprightly. A good canner, but not so 
firm as Montmorency. Tree is medium 
size, vigorous, upright, spreading pro- 
ductive, and long-lived. 
MONTMORENCY The most widely 
(Sour) and most numer- 
ously planted 
cherry — probably more planted than 
the most productive and regular bearer. 
Colors early before ripe — a distinct ad- 
vantage for shipping. The fruit is 
roundish, plump, flattened at the end, 
and a beautiful glowing red. It hangs 
in clusters, making picking easy. 
The fruit does not crack or rot even 
in very hot, rainy weather. It hangs on 
without dropping after it is dead ripe. 
The flesh is rich, sprightly, and pleasant; 
flesh is reddish color, tender, and melt- 
ing, but firm. A good shipper and a 
good canner. Does not mash down in 
the box. 
The tree is the largest, most vigorous 
grower of all the sour cherries. Round, 
spreading, upright head, especially hardy 
and productive; a very reliable cropper. 
Bloom is hardy and seldom injured by 
late frost or severe winter freezes. The 
Montmorency can be grown in prac- 
tically every part of the country except 
the low lands of the extreme South. 
Adapted to great variety of soil and 
climate and succeeds well under adverse 
conditions. We grow the improved 
strain, which has proved to be the largest 
and most productive. Midseason. 
(Sour) cherry to ripen. 
Very dark red. 
Will hang on the tree long after ripe. 
Resistant to brown rot. Forms a low, 
spreading tree. Stands lower tempera- 
ture and severer drought than any of 
the other leading varieties. Bears young. 
Fruit is small, dark red colored, very 
sour, but loses much of its sourness if 
left on the tree until fully ripe. First 
class for canning and preserving. Very 
productive and hardy. Especially good 
for gardens where a small-growing tree 
is desired. 
NAPOLEON The best yellow cherry. 
(Sweet) Often sold and grown 
as Royal Ann. 
Best of the sweets for dessert and 
canning. Very particular as to soil and 
climate. Apt to crack in wet weather, 
and somewhat susceptible to brown rot. 
Nevertheless it deserves first place 
among sweet cherries tor home and com- 
mercial planting. It is an attractive 
yellow, with a bright red cheek; very 
large; long, heart-shaped; firm flesh. 
Meaty, crisp, mild, and sweet; high 
quality. Tree is a hardy, vigorous, up- 
right grower, with strong, sturdy limbs. 
Very productive and bears young. 
Black TsrtBrian 
"Will say those trees were 
easily the finest I ever saw — so 
clean and thrifty and "prosper- 
ous" looking, and that is saying 
something I can tell you for I 
have been selling trees and plant- 
ing trees for the past forty years." 
— Riley Hatfield, Marion Coun- 
ty, Texas, October 21, 1918. 
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