. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. 148 LYONS MERCER origin. Lutovka was introduced into this country by J. L. Budd, Ames, Iowa, in 1883, and, according to the introducer, was well known in Poland and Silesia as a roadside tree. As was the case with many of Budd's importations, this variety did not stand the test of culture. It is a shy bearer and is now seldom recommended. Tree large, upright-spreading; leaves large, ovate, leathery, produced from short spurs along the main branches. Fruit midseason; medium in size, round- oblate ; suture often a line, sometimes lacking; stem
. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. 148 LYONS MERCER origin. Lutovka was introduced into this country by J. L. Budd, Ames, Iowa, in 1883, and, according to the introducer, was well known in Poland and Silesia as a roadside tree. As was the case with many of Budd's importations, this variety did not stand the test of culture. It is a shy bearer and is now seldom recommended. Tree large, upright-spreading; leaves large, ovate, leathery, produced from short spurs along the main branches. Fruit midseason; medium in size, round- oblate ; suture often a line, sometimes lacking; stem short, stout, set in a large, deep cavity; skin dark, clear red, thin, tough, translucent; flesh colorless, meaty, juicy, slightly acid ; quality good ; stone large, round, free. LYONS. P. avium. Early Lyons. Early Jaboulay. Although commonly classed as a hard-fleshed Bigarreau, Lyons is really an in- termediate between the firm-fleshed cherries and the soft-fleshed Hearts. The tree is a typical Bigarreau. The Heart-like cherries are extra early, large, handsome, and well flavored. The tree-characters are about all that could be desired. The blossoms of this variety are conspicuously large and showy, with pistils unusual in being longer than the stamens. Lyons is recommended for both home and commercial orchards. Lewis B. Eaton, Buffalo, New York, in importing cherry-trees from France in 1842. found among them one without a label, which turned out to be Lyons, an old French sort. Tree vigorous, a rapid grower, upright-spreading. Leaves numerous, 5^ inches long, 2hi inches wide, long-elliptical, thin -, margin coarsely serrate, with small, dark glands; petiole often 2 inches long, thick, glandless or with 1-6 large, reniform, reddish glands. Flowers midseason, large, often 1^ inches across, white; borne in dense clusters, in twos and threes. Fruit early; 1 inch in diameter, cordate, compressed ; cavity flaring ; suture shallow, or a mere line, often extending around the fruit; a
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