. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. Page 12 BETTER FRUIT By C. Experiments In Cherry Breeding E. Schuster, Assistant Professor of Pomology, Oregon Agricultural College Experiment Station PREVIOUS work by this station has established the fact that the Bing, Lambert, and Napoleon (Royal Ann) cherries are both self-sterile and in- tersterile varieties. These varieties cannot be expected to bear much fruit when self-pollinated; neither will they bear fruit when polli- nated by either one of the other two varieties. Where these varieties have been planted singly or in combinations, the crops have been v
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. Page 12 BETTER FRUIT By C. Experiments In Cherry Breeding E. Schuster, Assistant Professor of Pomology, Oregon Agricultural College Experiment Station PREVIOUS work by this station has established the fact that the Bing, Lambert, and Napoleon (Royal Ann) cherries are both self-sterile and in- tersterile varieties. These varieties cannot be expected to bear much fruit when self-pollinated; neither will they bear fruit when polli- nated by either one of the other two varieties. Where these varieties have been planted singly or in combinations, the crops have been very small or noth- ing at all. Many reports are being con- stantly received that cherry trees ten, twelve and fourteen years old blossom profusely each year, but produce no fruit. Investigation of this condition generally shows that the trees belong to the Bing, Lambert or Napoleon variety and are receiving no pollen from any other varieties. Wihile these three above mentioned varieties are inter-sterile with one an- other, they respond readily to' cross- pollination from several other varieties like the Black Republican, Black Tar- tarian, or the Waterhouse. The first two varieties mentioned being unsuitable for canning are not in general favor except for home use. The W(aterhouse more nearly approaches the Napoleon in size, color and solidity; it is more satisfac- tory to the canners as it brings a better price to the canning trade than any of the other varieties used for pollination. Two types of Waterhouse are in cultiva- tion, the long-stemmed and the short- stemmed of which the long stemmed is the more desirable. If one were to go' back to the early history of horticulture in Oregon, he would find that the Napoleon was often propagated by means of seed. Many of these seedlings were inferiot, while others were almost identical with the parent and worthy of being kept as or- chard trees. They were sometimes known as Napoleon or Royal Ann Seed- lings ; at other times simply
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