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 arc 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 in¬ 
fluence. 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 get satisfactory 
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 
Caliper 
1 to 10 
11 to 49 50 
to 299 300 
or more 
H" and up 
(Approx. 6 to 8') 
$.55 
$.45 
$.40 
$.35 
w to ir 
(Approx. 4 to 6') 
.50 
.40 
.35 
.30 
W to / 2 " 
(Approx. 3 to 4') 
.45 
.35 
.30 
.25 
54" to: Vs" 
(Approx. 2 to 3') 
.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. 
Pollinizer, Black Tartarian or Black 
Republican. 
‘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 pro¬ 
duces extra large fruit. Self-fruitful, 
but bears better with Chapman. 
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. Pollinizer, 
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These extra large Bings packed out 10 rows 
in a Campbell lug. Pedigreed nursery stock, 
plus good care produces fruit like this. 
Black Republican, Black Tartarian, or 
Chapman. 
‘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. Pollinizer, 
Black Republican or Black Tartarian. 
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 shipning districts. 
It is a medium large, black cherry of 
very good flavor. Pollinizer, Black Tar¬ 
tarian or Burbank. 
‘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. 
Pollinizer, Black Republican. 
Lewelling. (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 risrht 
after Bing and holds up in shipment 
better than any other variety. The trees 
are enormous producers. Lewelling is 
one of the best pollinizers and a few 
trees here and there in the orchard will 
increase production of your other cher¬ 
ries. Pollinizer, Bing, Black Tartarian, 
Lambert, or Napoleon Bigarreau. 
Napoleon Biggareau. (Royal Anne) 
Tune. The canning cherry supreme. The 
fruit is large, light amber in color, suf¬ 
fused with red. The quality is fine and 
this variety is the only one used for 
commercial 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. Pollinizer, Black Republican, or 
Black Tartarian. 
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. Pollinizer, 
Napoleon Biggarreau. 
SOUR CHERRIES 
Are Fine 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. 
