. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. mercial growers, relegated rear of kinds cherr>'- be i ng to the a dozen when it should be in the front rank. The characters which entitle it to a high place as a money-maker are: the fruits are large, being unsurpassed in size by any other black cherry; they are round and plump in form and glossy black in color; the flesh is dark ruby-red un- der the skin, which makes the cherry as pleasing in- wardly as out- wardly ; and the cherries are free from brown-rot, in this respect excel- ling any other market sort. The trees are vigorous, healt
. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. mercial growers, relegated rear of kinds cherr>'- be i ng to the a dozen when it should be in the front rank. The characters which entitle it to a high place as a money-maker are: the fruits are large, being unsurpassed in size by any other black cherry; they are round and plump in form and glossy black in color; the flesh is dark ruby-red un- der the skin, which makes the cherry as pleasing in- wardly as out- wardly ; and the cherries are free from brown-rot, in this respect excel- ling any other market sort. The trees are vigorous, healthy, productive, and charac- terized by abundant, large leaves of dark luxuriant green. The fruit is often picked before it is ripe, at which time it is dark red and not black. Schmidt originated with Hen- Schmidt, Casekow, Prussia, about 1841. It eventually found its way to America, but when and how is not known. Tree large, vigorous, upright-spreading, open-topped, productive. Leaves numerous, 6 inches long, 3 inches wide, obovate; margin serrate, glandular; petiole 1% inches long, thick, glandless or with 1 or 2 large, reni- form, reddish glands. Flowers midseason; white, 1 '^/i Schmidt. (XD. inches across; borne in scattering clusters in twos and threes. Fruit midseason; 1 inch in diameter, cordate, compressed, often slightly oblique; cavity deep, wide, flaring; suture indistinct; apex bluntly pointed; color purplish-black; dots numerous, small, dark russet, ob- scure; stem slender, 1% inches long, strongly adherent to the fruit ; skin tough, separating from the pulp; flesh purplish-red, with dark-colored juice, meaty, crisp, firm, mild, sweet; of good quality ; stone semi-clinging, ovate, oblique, with smooth surfaces. SHORT-STEM MONTMORENCY. Fig. 141. P. Cerasus. Flemish. Three distinct Montmorencies are cultivated. Of these closely related sorts, all of which originated at about the same time in Montmorency Valley, France, Montmorency is by far the most im- portant and th
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