Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Spaulding's Manual of Favorites, 1896, Vol. 39: Descriptive, Illustrated, Prefaced With Tables, Rules and Plans
Good providers consider a home orchard or garden incomplete without its proportion of cherry trees, it being one of the most profitable domestic and market fruits, succeeding on any kind of soil that is not wet. A tree often planted near the street, or used to line avenues for shade, ornament and fruit.
A refreshing, healthful fruit, the early season at which it ripens, its juiciness. Delicacy and richness are appreciated by good house wives.
Heart and Bigarreau. The fruit of the Heart and Bigarreau-class is large and ?eshy and very sweet and lucious. The tree is of rapid growth and luxuriant foliage and desirable for ornament and shade near the house, or elsewhere, and are good yielders of fruit.
Duke and M o r e l I o. The fruit of this class is generally more or less acidulous, very juicy and are the most valuable for pies, tarts, and various kinds of cookery and canning. Trees of this class are of smaller size or slower growth, but hardier than the Heart and Bigarreau.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
