Plant Roeding's Quality 
CHERRY TREES 
Well located cherry orchards, over a period of years, have been among the 
most profitable of all California fruits. The trees are enormous bearers and 
California cherries are in demand throughout the country. The best cherry 
districts are those not too far from the coast where the summer climate is 
tempered by coastal influence. Choose deep, well drained loam soils for this 
fruit. 
On rich soils, the trees attain large size and should be planted from 28 to 32 
feet apart. All sweet cherries require cross-pollination in order to set satisfac¬ 
tory crops. Black Tartarian and Black Republican (Lewelling) are the best 
pollinizers for most varieties. Sour cherries do not require cross-pollination. 
We take a great deal of pride in our cherry trees, going to no end of trouble 
to select our budwood from the very best orchards which can be located. 
Be sure to have some cherry trees in your family orchard. They are the first 
tree fruit to ripen and there is nothing more appreciated by all the family than 
ripe, sweet cherries. 
CHERRIES 
On Mazzard and Mahaleb Roots 
1 
11 
50 
300 
Price Each 
to 10 
to 49 
to 299 
or more 
6 
to 8 grade 
$ .55 
$ .45 
$ .40 
$ .35 
4 
to 6 grade 
.50 
.40 
.35 
.30 
3 
to 4 grade 
.45 
.35 
.30 
.25 
2 
to 3 grade 
.40 
.30 
.25 
20 
Bing*. June. Our finest shipping cherry 
and also a good home orchard variety. 
The fruit is very large, heart-shaped, 
with a smooth, glossy skin; deep ma¬ 
roon, verging to black in color. The flesh 
is very firm, meaty and of fine flavor. 
The tree is productive and the Bing is 
popular wherever cherries are grown. 
♦Black Tartarian. Late May. The most 
widely grown early variety and its popu¬ 
larity is well deserved. The fruit is 
black, of good size, and one of the finest 
of all in flavor. It is also a fine polli- 
nizer for other cherries. The orchard 
from which we select our buds produces 
extra large fruit. 
Burbank. May. One of the real early 
varieties. The fruit is large, a dark red 
in color and rather soft. The quality is 
good. The tree is large and vigorous, 
with dark, dense foliage. 
♦Centennial. June. We have added this 
variety to our list because it is unusual¬ 
ly fine for eating fresh. The fruit is 
light in color, somewhat resembling the 
Royal Anne and has a beautiful red 
blush. Most people who have eaten it 
prefer it to any other cherry as the flesh 
is crisp and unusually sweet. 
Chapman. April. While the Chapman is 
not the earliest cherry in existence, it 
is the earliest good cherry and we rec¬ 
ommend it for early shipping districts. 
It is a medium large, black cherry of 
very good flavor. 
♦Lambert. Late June. This is our latest 
cherry and it is popular in late districts 
where a late ripening variety is valuable 
to prolong the cherry season. A beau¬ 
tiful dark red cherry of wonderful size. 
These extra large Bings packed out 10 rows in a 
Campbell lug. Pedigreed nursery stock, plus 
good care produces fruit like this. 
For eating we think it is one of the best 
as the flesh is meaty, sweet, and of fine 
flavor. 
Lewelling 1 . (Black Republican, Black 
Oregon). June. The fruit is black, me¬ 
dium size and very firm. The flesh is 
sweet and of good flavor. It ripens right 
after Bing and holds up in shipment 
better than any other variety. The 
trees are enormous producers. Lewel¬ 
ling is one of the best pollinizers and a 
few trees here and there in the orchard 
will increase production of your other 
cherries. 
Napoleon Bigarreau. (Royal Anne) June. 
The canning cherry supreme. The fruit 
is large, light amber in color, suffused 
with red. The quality is fine and this 
variety is the only one used for commer¬ 
cial canning in California. It is also fine 
for the home orchard. The tree attains 
large size and bears enormous crops. 
We have seen old giant Royal Anne trees 
that actually produce more than one ton 
of fruit during favorable years. 
Early Rivers. April-Early May. For sev¬ 
eral years there has been an insistent 
demand for this new early cherry so 
we have added it to our list. It is a 
black cherry of the Tartarian type and 
ripens right after Chapman. A profit¬ 
able variety in early districts. 
SOUR CHERRIES 
Are Pine for Pies and Culinary Uses 
Sour cherries do well in nearly all 
parts of the state. The trees are enor¬ 
mous bearers. 
Early Richmond. May. The earliest 
sour cherry. Very popular for culinary 
uses among housewives everywhere. 
The fruit is of medium size, dark red; 
juicy. Tree of spreading and drooping 
habit. 
English Morello. June. The standard 
late, red-juice, sour cherry, and one of 
the best. Excellent for canning and 
culinary uses. The fruit is medium 
large, dark red, becoming almost black 
as it ripens. 
LAMBERT CHERRIES 
The Lambert ripens late, after most cherries are 
gone and is fine to prolong the season of this 
delicious fruit. 
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