Age CeA SAS EsOLG OE INGE Wal RULED S 
green tinge early in the season. This and Redford are two very desirable 
ornamentals. 
Redford—a sister of Redfield and similar in all characters of tree and fruit. 
The petals are deep pink but not as dark as those of Redfield. The fruit is 
medium in size, deep dark solid red, with deep red flesh. The foliage has a 
characteristic reddish green tinge early in the season. Lovers of handsome 
ornamental apples will plant this sort and Redfield. 
Van Eseltine—a beautiful ornamental crab named in honor of the late origi- 
nator. Buds pendulous and red, while open flowers are semi-double and 
pinkish white. 
~ DWARE APPLES 
There has been a great deal of interest in recent years in apples on a size 
controlling root system among home growers as well as commercial apple 
producers. In general the two most outstanding characteristics of trees on 
such stocks are earliness of bearing and a smaller tree which facilitates 
orchard operations, such as pruning, spraying and harvesting. Experimenta- 
tion with some of the dwarfing and semi-dwarfing apple root stocks of the 
East Malling series, as E.M. IX, E.M. VII and E.M. II has shown that the 
combinations of varieties and root stocks listed by us will give satisfactory 
performance. 
The E.M. IX rootstock gives a typical dwarf tree that starts bearing the 
second or third year after planting. Since the root system of E.M. IX is 
brittle, it is recommended that trees on this stock be either supported by a 
stake or a trellis. Trees on this rootstock are best adapted to home gardens. 
The EM. VII and E.M. II rootstocks limit growth of the variety to a lesser 
degree but still hasten bearing. Trees on these stocks can be grown without 
any special support and will reach a size one-third to one-half that of a 
standard tree. E.M. VII has adaptation for the home and commercial orchard, 
whereas E.M. II is highly satisfactory for commercial orchards. 
CHERRIES 
All sweet cherry varieties are self-unfruitful, therefore it is necessary to 
have a compatible variety near by. A few instances are known where varieties 
will not pollinate each other, that is they are cross-incompatible. Of the 
varieties here Emperor Francis and New York 1519 are cross-incompatible 
on the basis of preliminary tests and Sodus is incompatible with Schmidt. 
All cherries are propagated on Mazzard stocks. 
Where Year 
EARLY CHERRIES Parentage Orig. Introd. 
‘Seneca Unknown X Early Purple N.Y. Sta. ° 1924 
* New York 1495 Emperor Francis X Gil Peck a —_—— 
\ Early Rivers Early Purple (open pollinated) European 1872 
\ Schrecken Unknown C — 
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