Fruit Trees, Small Fruits and Ornamentals. 
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SELECT CHERRIES, coriiiiuied. 
Rockport. Sweet. Light. Late June and 
early July. Fniit quite large, round, heart- 
sliaped. Color, when fully ripe, a beautiful 
clear red, shaded with pale amber. Flesh 
firm, juic5', sweet, rich, with au excellent 
flavor. Tree an upright grower. Origin, 
Cleveland, Ohio. 
Schmidt's Bigarreau. Sweet. Black. 
Middle of July. A most promising Cherry. 
Fruit of immense size. Color a rich, deep 
black ; very desirable for the table. Flesh 
dark, tender, very juicy, with a fine flavor. 
Tree bears abundantly. 
Stuart Bigarreau. Sweet. Light red. 
Late July. A new seedling Cherry, two or 
three weeks later than other varieties. Color 
a showy, light red. Fruit good size. Tree a 
vigorous grower and hardy, and extremely 
productive, making it very desirable for 
family use or market purposes. Our attention 
was first called to this Cherry by noticing 
baskets of it in a canning establisluncut, and 
while ouv varieties were all gone, this was 
still perfect fruit. The original tree has fruited 
each season for the Last twenty years. 
Windsor. Sweet. Dark^ Late July. 
Fruit large. Color nearly black, or liver- 
colored. Flesh remarkably solid, sweet, and 
of a fine quality. A very valuable late win- 
ter variety for market and for family use. 
Tree hardy and very productive. A seedling 
originated in Windsor, Canada. 
Vladimir. Sweet. Black. A native of 
north ceiUral Russia. Color black. Flesh 
sweet, juicy. Fruit medium to large. Qual- 
ite e.\cellent. The tree is perfectly hardy, 
and free from black-knot. The Vladimir is 
a wonderful and j>rolific bearer, grown by the 
train-load in northern Russia, thereby attest- 
ing sviperiority as a cold climate Cherry of 
great comtneixial value. Excellent shipper. 
Yellow Spanish. Sweet. Light. End of 
June. Fruit large, often an inch in diameter. 
Pale wa.xen \'ellow, with a haiKlsome. light 
red cheek to the sim. Flesh firm, juicy, rich 
and delicious. Tree vigorous and an excel- 
lent bearer. Succeeds over a large extent of 
country. 
DUKES AND MORELLOS. 
Trees do not attain as large a size as the 
Hearts and Higareaus ; the growth is slower. 
Trees are hardy, and not liable to injury by 
the bursting of the bark. Fruit is sour. 
Bessarabian. Sour. Dark red. The new, 
hardy, Russian Cherry. The following de- 
scription is given l)y Professor Hudd, of the 
Iowa Rxperimeut Station : 
U will ciuiuri' more ;ilnisc of tree than most ol 
our forest trees. Our original tree has heou cut 
for biuls and cious for five years, takiutj nil" all the 
new growth; yet the tree is sound today. Kruil 
larK:<^- Hark red. Firui lleshed, and when ripe, 
very uiildly subacid. It promises to make a long- 
li\'ed tree of considerable size, anil to provea regu- 
lar lu^arer ol choiee fruit. 
Early Richmond. Sour. Bed. June. Fruit 
medium size, roinid, growing in i)airs. Flesh 
very juicy and acid. Tree slender; not a 
rapi<l grower, but a great bearer. This is 
one of the most popular of acid Cherries for 
hardiness and for cooking purposes. Ripens 
early, and hangs long on the tree. 
English Morello. Sour. Dark red. Late 
July and early August. Fruit large. Color 
<lark red, nearly black. Tender, juicy, [sub- 
acid. Tree dwarf and sletider. 
Louis Philippe. Sour. Red. Middle to|last 
of July. Fruit large. Color rich dark red. 
Flesh red, tender, juicy, with a mild subacid 
flavor. Extra hardy ; a vigorotis grower and 
very productive. Origin, French. 
AAay Duke. Sour. Dark red. July. Fruit 
large, heart shaped. Color red at first, be- 
coming when mature nearly black. Flesh 
reddish, becoming dark . 
purple, very juicy and M 
melting, rich, acid, ex- fi? 
cellent. Csually early, 
but varies in its season sK' 
of ripening, even on the 
same tree. Very hardy. S 
Stuart Biearreau. 
Montmorency Large. Sour. Bed. Late 
June. One of the very finest acid Cherries. 
Tree very hardy and au immense bearer; 
commences to fruit while yotuig, and is 
loaded annually thereafter with fine crops. 
Fruit of good size. Fine Ha\'or. Color 
bright, clear red. \'aluable everywhere, espe- 
cially' for noi-thern latitudes. A good market 
variety. The Connecticut Valley Orchard 
Co., of New Britiau. report through their 
Mr. J. B, Smith, Presiclent, that: 
We lui\ e 50 trees (I.ar.i^e Montmorency Cherry) 
that e.auie into bi-arini; last season, and greatly 
like tliv \ .IT id \ . K 1.1 n;c. of high color, late, sour, 
and \-eiy pi iidiu 1 i\-e, .\ line tree, bearing its fruit 
not in rlnsters, Iml singly, and they grow so thick 
that they can he picked cheaper than any otlier 
CluM TN lliat we ha\ e. 
Olivet. Sour. Red. Continues fruiting 
through most of June and July without losing 
quality. A shining deep red. Fruit Large. 
Flesh rod, rose-colored juice, rich, vinous, 
with mild, subacid flavor. French origin. 
Ostheim I Russian Cherry I. Sour. Dark 
red. Early to middle of July. Imported from 
St. Petersburg. Russia. In the severest 
winters of Miimesota foinnl to lie hardy. 
Fruit large, rotnulish. Flesh liver color, 
tender, juicy, subacid, and when fully ripe 
nearly sweet. Tree of slender growth. 
