FRUIT DEPARTMENT— CHERRIES 
Hearts and Bigarreaus ( Cerasus Avium) 
Dukes and Morellos (C. Vulgaris) 
T HE CHERRY thrives best on a sandy or gravelly soil, and there at- 
tains its highest perfection, but will do very well in almost any situa- 
tion except a wet one. It is one of the most ornamental of all fruit trees, 
which with its delicious and refreshing^ fruit, makes it very desirable for 
planting near dwellings, w r here beauty and shade as well as fiuit aie so 
desirable. 
We divide them into two 
classes — Hearts and Bigar- 
reaus, and Dukes and Morel- 
los. The first, being strong 
and vigorous growers, make 
large, open, spreading heads 
or tops, are best suited for 
the purpose of shade, and 
produce large, heart-shape 
sweet fruit. The Dukes and 
Morellos are of slower 
growth and do not ever at- 
tain so large size, and are 
more hardy, less liable to get 
injured by bursting bark, and 
generally produce acid 
fruits, and make the most 
beautiful dwarfs. One and 
two-year-old trees are the 
most desirable for trans- 
planting, and are usually 
from 3 to 5 feet high. 
The Hearts and Bigarreaus 
will successfully resist cold 
weather so as to be grown in 
most sections, except the ex- Bin S Cherry, popular both as a coir.u.ercial and Lome ranety. 
treme north, while the Dukes 
and Morellos, or acid sorts, are perfectly hardy and are starred (*) in 
this catalogue. 
Cherry trees require the same general treatment in the way of prun- 
ing and planting methods as do apples until they are four or five years 
