CHERRIES 
Neosho Nurseries Co. 
CHERRIES 
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. 
Montgomery — The largest and best "sour" cherry. Bardy. 
BING One of the largest, black, sw eet cherries; very high 
(Sweet) quality; extra shipper and firm flesh. The tree is 
lypright, spreading, veiy productive, and hardy; 
adapted to conditions wherever sweet cherries can be grown. 
Hangs well on the tree; ripens at one tiir.e. Widely planted 
in the Northwest. 
BLACK TARTARIAN Most widely planted sweet cherry 
(Sweet) east of the Mississippi. Beautiful, 
lustrous, purpiish-black when ripe. 
Medium size for sweet cherry. Flesh purplish-red, firm , 
tender, pleasant flavor, sweet, and rr.ild; very good quality. 
The tree is a very large, vigorous, upright grower; adapts 
itself to difTerent soils and cliirates. Veiy productive and 
regular bearer. Comparatively Iree from brown rot. Early. 
DYEHOUSE Earliest sour cherrj-, ripening a week ahead 
(Sour) of Early Ri(;hmond. As attractive and w ell 
flavored as Early Eichmond, but smaller in 
size, less productive, and more particular as to soil and 
climate. Fruit medium .size, roundish, dark red. Tree is a 
small but vigorous grower, spreading, drooping branches. 
EARLY RICHMOND The favorite early sour cherry, and 
(Sour) 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 Mont- 
morency. Tree is medium size, vigorous, upright, spreading, 
productive, and long-lived. 
ENGLISH MORELLO The latest cheiTy to ripen. Very 
(Sour) dark red. Will hang on the tree 
long after ripe. Resistant to brow n 
rot. Forms a low, spreading tree. Stands lower temper- 
atures and severer drought than any of the other leading va- 
rieties. Bears young. Fruit is small, dark red colored, ver\- 
sour, but loses much of its sourness if left on the tree until 
fully ripe. First class for canning and preserving. Veiy pro- 
ductive and hardy. Especially good for gardens where a 
small-growing tree is desired. 
LAMBERT A very large reddish, almost black, sweet cheny . 
(Sweet) It has very firm, dark red flesh and is an excel- 
lent shipper. A favorite variety in the North- 
west. Tree is large size, vigorous, upright, spreading, and 
g reductive. Midseason. Fruit ripens about ten days after 
lack Tartarian. 
MONTMORENCY The most widely and most numerously 
(Sour) planted cherry — probably more planted 
than all other vai'ieties put together. 
It is the most productive and regular bearer. Colors early 
before ripe — a distinct advantage 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 melting, 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 product! v^e; a very reliable cropper. Bloom is 
hardy and seldom injured by late frost or severe winter freezes. 
The "Montmorency can be grown in practically every part 
of the country, except the low lands of the extreme South. 
.\dapted 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. 
NAPOLEON The best yellow cherry. Often sold and 
(Sweet) grown as Royal Ann. Best of the sweets for 
dessert and canning. Very particular as to 
soil and climate, kpt to crack in wet weather, and some- 
what susceptible to browoi rot. Nevertheless it deserves 
first place among sweet cherries for home and commercial 
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- 
riglit growler, with strong, sturdy limbs. Very productive 
and bears young. 
ROYAL DUKE Rojal Duke is half way between 
(Half Sour, Half Sweet) t he sweet and sour. It is the best 
of all the Duke family, which is 
made up of a number of crosses between the sweet and sour 
chenics. The fruit is a bright red color, roundish, oval, 
slightly flattened at the end. Flesh is tinted with red, full 
ol pinkish juice, pleasing, good quality. Delicious to eat 
fresh when fuUy ripe. Tree is medium size, a vigorous, up- 
right grower, resembling the sweet varieties, but having the 
adaptability of the sour kind; hard}, vifecrous, productive. 
Early. 
SCHMIDT One of the largest of the black, sweet chemes; 
(Sweet) almost as large as the Bing and Lambert, and 
thrives better in the East, as Eastern planters 
find it less subject to cracking than other firm-flesh varieties, 
It is short, heart-shaped, flattened at the stem end; glossy, 
bright color when ripe; flesh is dark ruby-red, juicy, crisp, 
sweet; delicious flavor. A vigorous, healthy, productive 
tree, unusually free from brown rot. 
WRAGG The Wragg is a late, dark-fleshed sour cherry, 
(Sour) pronounced by most of the leading horticulturists 
as identical with the English Morello, both in 
fruit and tree. I'or description, see that variety. 
Professor J. C. Whltten, Professor of Horticulture at Unlver- 
sity of Missouri, inspecting a field of our one-year branched 
cherry trees at Stark City, said; 
"I don't understand how you do it. They are the fin. 
"est one-year cherry trees I ever saw." 
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