. Pleasant Valley Nurseries : 1902 [catalog]. Nursery stock New Jersey Moorestown Catalogs; Nut trees Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. MERCER CHERRIES. CHERRY TREES For best results plant Cherry Trees 20 feet apart, 107 trees to the acre Cherries will thrive on most any soil not springy and wet. Very little pruning is necessary. MERCER. A Heart variety; very dark red and early; very productive, good grrower and hardy; larger than Black Tartarian; flavor very fine. Good shipper, and commands highest prices; does not rot. 3 to 4 feet, 50 cts. each, $5 per doz.; 4 to 6 fe
. Pleasant Valley Nurseries : 1902 [catalog]. Nursery stock New Jersey Moorestown Catalogs; Nut trees Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. MERCER CHERRIES. CHERRY TREES For best results plant Cherry Trees 20 feet apart, 107 trees to the acre Cherries will thrive on most any soil not springy and wet. Very little pruning is necessary. MERCER. A Heart variety; very dark red and early; very productive, good grrower and hardy; larger than Black Tartarian; flavor very fine. Good shipper, and commands highest prices; does not rot. 3 to 4 feet, 50 cts. each, $5 per doz.; 4 to 6 feet, 75 cts. each, $ per doz. DIKEMAN. The latest ripening sweet Cherry known, hence commands highest prices. Large, black, and of fine quality; handsome. Very prolific; a good keeper and shipper. Originated in Michigan. 3 to 4 feet, 50 cts. each, $5 per doz.; 4 to 6 feet, 75 cts. each, $ per doz. GENERAL LIST OF CHERRIES Each 100 1,000 $0 25 $20 00 $180 00 35 30 00 250 00 3 to 4 feet 4 to 6 feet, HEART AND BIGARREAU SWEET VARIETIES Black Tartarian. An old popular variety. Large ; black; heart-shaped, tender, sweet, good. Early. Governor Wood. Large, roundish, depressed at stem; yellow, with red cheek; tender, rich, delicious; very fine, productive. Early. Oxheart. Large, light, with red cheek; solid, meaty, rich, excellent. Napoleon Bigarreau. Fruit very large, pale yellow, with bright red cheek; firm, juicy, good flavor; excel- lent quality. Tree vigorous and productive. Mid- season. Yellow Spanish. Large, heart-shaped ; pale yellow, with bright red cheek; firm, juicy, rich, high flavor; fine quality; tree vigorous, productive. Mid-season. Windsor. The tree is vigorous, hardy, and an early and good bearer. The Cherries are heart-shaped, dark purple or nearly black; the flesh is quite firm, fine in texture and rich in flavor. Ripens early. DUKE AND MORELLO SOUR VARIETIES Early Richmond. Medium; red, juicy, acid, sprightly. A valuable variety on account of earliness and
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