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Ch 
ernes 
Neosho, Mo. 
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 ahnost 
anywhere. It is notably hardy and quite adaptable to different soils and climates. It 
grows under neglect better than any other fruit tree. The tliree leaders— Early Richmond, 
Montmorency, and English Alorello— 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 possibihties for profit for the grower who supplies local 
markets. 
One-year cherry tree as it comes Irom 
our Nurseries 
Our one-year cherry planted Spring, 1917, photographed Fall, 1918 
01 800 such trees in a Southwest Missouri cherry orchard 
One 
BING One of the largest, black, sweet cherries; very high 
(Sweet) quality; extra shipper and firm flesh. The tree is 
upright, spreading, very productive, and hardy; 
adapted to conditions wherever sweet cherries can be grown. 
Hangs well on the tree; ripens at one time. Widely planted 
in the Northwest. 
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 qual- 
ity. The tree is a very large, vigorous, upright grower; 
adapts itself to different soils and climates. Very produc- 
tive and regular bearer. Comparatively free from brown 
rot. Early. 
DYEHOUSE Earliest sour cherry, ripening a week ahead 
(Sour) of Early Richtnond. As attractive and well 
flavored as Early Richmond, 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 cherry to ripen. Very 
(Sour) dark red. Will hang on the tree 
long after ripe. Resistant to brown 
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, very 
sour, but loses much of its sourness if left on the tree until 
fully ripe. First class for canning and preserving. Very pro- 
ductive and hardy. EspeciaUy good for gardens where a 
small-growing tree is desired. 
LAMBERT A very large reddish, almost black, sweet cherry . 
(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 
productive. Midseason. Fruit ripens about ten days after 
Black Tartarian 
For prices, see page 32. 
