GREENING'S CHERRIES 
The cherry, like the grape, succeeds where many other fruits fail. 
It doesn’t ask for favorite spots and bears almost annually. Among 
the many hundreds of varieties cultivated in America, those given 
here are the most desirable in many respects. 
SOUR CHERRIES 
DYEHOUSE. A very early and sure bearer; ripens a week before 
Richmond and quite as productive and hardy. Color red. June. 
EARLY RICHMOND (Kiester). Medium size; dark red, melting, 
juicy, sprightly acid flavor. This is one of the most valuable and 
popular of the sour cherries. It is unsurpassed for cooking pur¬ 
poses. Tree a good grower with roundish, spreading head, and is 
extremely productive. The most hardy of all varieties, uninjured 
by the coldest winters. Ripens through June. 
ENGLISH MORELLO (Tucker). Medium to large, blackish red, 
rich, acid, juicy and good; very productive; tree a moderate 
grower. August. 
MAY DUKE (Scherer). Large, red, juicy and rich; an old, excel¬ 
lent variety; vigorous and productive. Middle of June. 
MONTMORENCY (Fernwood). The Montmorency cherry variety 
is transitional. Variations are found in every one of its important 
characteristics including type and growth of trees, twigs and leaves, 
length of stems, production, time of ripening and size as well as 
shape and color of fruits. Through bud selection we are able to 
bring out the best in the variety. Greening’s Super-Selected Mont¬ 
morency Fernwood Strain is the leading commercial sour cherry 
and it has proved its value in the many orchards in which it is 
now in production. Leading growers everywhere are demanding 
our Fernwood Strain Montmorency. The trees are vigorous and 
strong growing, making a large tree quickly, thus coming into 
profitable production at an early age. The trees are more uniform 
in shape and size, produce more fruit, which is more uniform in 
ripening and from IS to 20% larger in size than fruit from check 
trees of ordinary Montmorency which were produced by the old 
propagation methods. Season end of June. 
MONTMORENCY (Rouse). This is our largest Montmorency 
cherry, producing sour cherries of exceptional size. Trees are spread¬ 
ing and comparatively slow growing when young but make a large 
healthy tree when mature. Season, end of June. 
RICHMORENCY (Sticknev). This is an early ripening Mont¬ 
morency. It is a true Montmorency type onlv that the fruit ripens 
a week or more earlier than the standard Montmorency. It ripens 
at approximately the same time as the Early Richmond. The par¬ 
ent tree is low spreading in growth, produces heavy crops, and the 
size of the fruit is large. The fact that this strain ripens early 
is a decided advantage as thousands of Montmorency cherry trees 
are mixed with late-ripening factors causing cherries in otherwise 
normal trees to be green at picking time. 
SWEET CHERRIES 
Sweet cherry trees supplied the public by many nurseries have not 
been true to name. We established this fact by checking orchards in 
the sweet cherry belt of Northern Michigan, and consulted experi¬ 
enced growers, who cooperated with us in making our selections. The 
only variation in sweet cherries of commercial importance, is un¬ 
productive strains. We selected buds from parent trees producing 
heavy crops. In the variety descriptions to follow, the name in 
parentheses, immediately following the variety name, is the name of 
the orchard in which the parent tree is located, from which propa¬ 
gating buds were taken for the production of these trees. 
BING (Rogers). One of the best black cherries in existence. It is 
large, firm and delicious and a good shipper. Tree hardy and up¬ 
right grower. Middle of June. 
GOV. WOOD (Rider). Very large, rich, light yellow with red 
cheek. Juicy and sweet. One of the best. Last of June. 
NAPOLEON (Manistee). Very large, pale yellow with bright red 
cheek, very firm, juicy and sw T eet. Vigorous grower and very pro¬ 
ductive. One of the best. First of July. 
NELSON (Rogers). Tree a strong, upright grower and quite hardy 
for a sweet cherry. Fruit large and slightly conical, quite firm and 
sweet. It ripens mid-season to late and is an excellent shipping 
sort. Trees are unusually productive for the class. 
PAUL ROSE (A White Schmidt’s Bigarreau). Originated from a 
sport limb in the orchard of the late Paul Rose, the pioneer sweet 
cherry grower of Michigan. It is a white cherry and of large size, 
tender, juicy, with a fine rich flavor, ripening in July. Doctor V. 
R. Gardner of the Michigan State College considers it of great 
commercial value. 
SCHMIDT’S BIGARREAU (Rogers). Remarkably hardy and pro¬ 
ductive. Fruit grows in clusters and is of the largest size. Skin 
deep black, flesh dark, tender, juicy, with a fine, rich flavor. Stone 
small. July. 
TARTARIAN (Black Tartarian). (Lewis). Very large, bright 
purplish black, juicy, very rich, excellent flavor. Tree a vigorous 
grower and productive. Last of June or early July. 
WINDSOR (Crystal Lake). New seedling originated at Windsor, 
Canada. Fruit large and liver colored, quite distinctive; flesh re¬ 
markably firm and of fine quality. Tree hardy and very prolific. 
The most valuable late variety for market or family use. July. 
YELLOW SPANISH (Rose). Fruit very large, heart-shaped. Col¬ 
or pale, waxen yellow with handsome light red cheek to sun. Flesh 
firm with fine rich flavor. Season medium. A very popular variety. 
Number of Cherry Trees Required Per Acre 
Distance Apart Number per Acre 
30 x 30 ft. (Sweet Cherries) . 48 
20 x 20 ft. (Sour Cherries) .108 
THREE INTERESTING CHERRY COMPARISONS 
The illustration above shows twigs taken from three cherry trees. The 
twig at the top was taken from the Montmorency (Fernwood Strain) Tree 
No. 3, parent tree of Greening Super-Selected Montmorency trees. 
The twig in the middle was taken from a Montmorency check tree, 
which represents an ordinary Montmorency, and the twig at the bottom, 
from a barren Montmorency tree. 
All three twigs are off Montmorency trees, but only one is off THE 
MONTMORENCY TREE THAT SUPPLIES BUDS FOR PROPAGATING 
GREENING SUPER-SELECTED MONTMORENCY TREES. 
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