. John A. Cannedy's fruit book : fruit and ornamental trees, small fruits, grape vines, roses, shrubs, Nursery stock Illinois Catalogs; Fruit trees Illinois Catalogs; Fruit trees Middle West Catalogs; Ornamental trees Illinois Catalogs; Ornamental trees Middle West Catalogs; Roses Illinois Catalogs; Roses Middle West Catalogs; Berries Illinois Catal. J, A. CANNEDY'S FKL'IT BOOK. 37 CHERRIES. The cherry is a very old fruit, it having heen quite widely spread at the be- ginning of the Christian era. The several varieties may well be divided into two classes, "sours" and "swe
. John A. Cannedy's fruit book : fruit and ornamental trees, small fruits, grape vines, roses, shrubs, Nursery stock Illinois Catalogs; Fruit trees Illinois Catalogs; Fruit trees Middle West Catalogs; Ornamental trees Illinois Catalogs; Ornamental trees Middle West Catalogs; Roses Illinois Catalogs; Roses Middle West Catalogs; Berries Illinois Catal. J, A. CANNEDY'S FKL'IT BOOK. 37 CHERRIES. The cherry is a very old fruit, it having heen quite widely spread at the be- ginning of the Christian era. The several varieties may well be divided into two classes, "sours" and "sweets," the sours embracing the acid and sub-acid-, as the Dukes and Morellos. the Hearts and Bigarreaus as sweets. Cherries need a warm, dry, loamy soil. The drainage is very important. Morellos will stand more moisture than Other kinds Sweet cherries are not profitable in the middle west. Cherry trees require v> ry little pruning. In tact, many trees are entirely ruined bv heavy pruning Fourteen feet to eighteen feet is far enough apart to plant cherry trees. Coe's Transparent—Tree upright, STinewhit spreading. Fruit, medium; color, pale amber, red in the sun. handsome: Mesh, tender, juicy, rich sweet. June. Dyehouse—Tree a moderate grower, hut hardy. Partakes of boih the Duke and Morellos in wood and fruit. Fruit, medium to large: color, light red he- coming darker with over-ripeness; flesh, firm, juicy. Ripens a week before Early Richmond and of much better quality and pit much smaller. I>csf early cherry. Dyebouse, Kariy KVehijvo "I and Monunorvtioy cherries. Set spring of 1898. Photo^rapIveJ September, Early Richmond—Kentish t Sussexf Commtnn. Virginian Maw Pie Cherry^ Musctit dr Prague.^ Common Red, Kentish Red—An old Morello sort from Eu«-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resem
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