"Tree very hardy and an immense bearer ; com- 
mences to fruit while young, and is loaded an- 
nually thereafter with fine crops. Fruit of 
■ good size. Fine flavor. Color bright, clear 
red. Valuable everywhere, especially for 
northern latitudes. A good market variety. 
The Connecticut Valley Orchard Co., of New 
Britain, report through their Mr. J. B. Smith: 
We have 50 trees (Large 
Montmorency Cherry) that 
came iuto bearing last season 
and greatly like the variety. 
Is large, of high color, late, y 
soar, and very productive. 
A line tree, bearing its fruit 
not in clusters, but singly, 
and they grow so thick that 
they can be picked cheaper 
than any other Cherry we 
have. 
Napoleon Bigarreau. 
Sweet. Light. Early in July. 
Fruit of the largest size, reg- 
ularly heart-shaped. Skin 
pale yellow and amber, spot- 
ted and shaded with deep red. 
Flesh very firm, with a fine 
flavor. Very productive and 
good for market. 
Olivet. Sour. Red. Con- 
'llnues fruiting through 
imost of June and July without losing 
:«iuality. A shining deep red. Fruit large. 
JFlesh red, ro.se-colored juice, rich, vinous, with 
mild, subacid flavor. French origin. 
Ostheim (Russian Cherry). Sour. Dark 
red. Early to middle of July. Imported from 
St. Peter.sburg, Kii.ssia. In the severest winters 
of Minnesota found to be hardy. Fruit large, 
roundish. Flesh liver color, tender, .I'uicy, sub- 
.acid, and when fully ripe nearly sweet. 
Rockport, Sweet. Light. Late June and 
early July. Fruit quite large, round, heart- 
-shaped. Color, when fully ripe, a beautiful 
clear red, shaded with jiale amber. Flesh llrni, 
juicy, sweet, rich, with an excellent flavor. 
Tree ujiright 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, veiy juicy, with a fine flavor. 
Tree bears abundantly. A Utica, N. Y., fruit 
commission merchant writes us about fruit of 
Schmidt's Bigarreau Cherry. 
What about those nitte dark cherries that you 
shipped ine last season ? Will you have any of 
them this season ? K so would like to have you 
send them along." 8 1b. baskets sold for 75c. 
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 pro- 
ductive, making it very desiralile for family use 
or market purposes. Our attention was first 
called to this Cherry by noticing baskets of it 
in a canning establishment, and while other 
varieties were all gone, this was still perfect 
fniit. The original tree has fruited each sea- 
son for the last twenty years. On our Stuart 
Bigarreau Cherry fruit a commission merchant 
wrote us: 
"Would be pleased to receive some of those 
elegant Sweet Cherries you shipped me la.st 
season." 
This man sold Stuart Bigarreau fruit for us 
selling 8 lb. baskets at 75 cents per basket. 
btutirt Bizarre. ill. 
Windsor. Sweet. Dark. Late July. Fruit 
large. Color nearly black, or liver-i^olored. 
Flesh remarkably .solid, sweet, ami of a fine 
quality. A very valuable late winter variety 
for market and for family use. Tree hardy 
and very i)roductive. A seedling originated in 
Windsor, Canada. 
Yellow Spanish. Sweet. Light. End of 
June. Fruit la\!-ri_, often an inch in iliameter. 
Pale waxen yellow, with a handsome, light red 
cheek to the sun. Flesh firm, juicy, rich and 
deliciou.s. Tree vigorous and an excellent 
bearer. Succeeds over large extent of country. 
