. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. 144 FLORENCE HOMER. is the standard late sour cherry ia North America, occupying at the close of the season the place held by Montmorency in midseason. The fruits are not for the table, and can hardly be eaten out of hand until some of the astringency and acidity is destroyed by thorough ripening. In any way cherries are prepared by cooking, however, they are of the best, as culinary processes give the fruits a rich, dark wine color, very attractive in appearance, and a most pleasant, sprightly, aromatic flavor. The cher- ries are handsome in
. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. 144 FLORENCE HOMER. is the standard late sour cherry ia North America, occupying at the close of the season the place held by Montmorency in midseason. The fruits are not for the table, and can hardly be eaten out of hand until some of the astringency and acidity is destroyed by thorough ripening. In any way cherries are prepared by cooking, however, they are of the best, as culinary processes give the fruits a rich, dark wine color, very attractive in appearance, and a most pleasant, sprightly, aromatic flavor. The cher- ries are handsome in ap- pearance, bear harvesting and shipping well, are re- sistant to brown-rot, and hang long on the trees after ripening. One may always know the trees once seen; they are small and round- headed, with branches that distinctly droop. To be suf- ficiently productive, an Eng- lish Morello orchard must be closely set; for, although the trees are vigorous and productive for their size, they are too dwarf to yield heavily. The trees are hardy but not always healthy, and are not adapted to so great a diversity of soils as might be wished. The variety probably originated in Holland or Germany, whence it was intro- duced into England and later into America. Wragg is thought by some to be identical with this cherry, and if not, it differs but little; Northern Griotte, introduced by Budd from Russia, is English Morello; Morris, or Col- orado Morello, put out by John Morris, Gol- den, Colorado, is also English Morello. Tree small, upright-spreading, with drooping branch- lets, dense-topped. Leaves numerous, 2% inches long, 1% inches wide, obovate; margin faintly serrate, with email, dark glands; petiole % inch long, with small, globose or reniform, greenish-yellow glands. Flowers late, 1 inch across, white; borne in scattering clusters in twos and threes. Fruit very late; about % inch in diameter, round-cordate, compressed; cavity shallow, narrow, flaring, regular; suture a shallow groov
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