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birds want. Plant several trees so that the fruit will be so 

 abundant you will not begrudge the birds their share. They 

 molest the sweet varieties much more than the sour. W'here 

 one has several trees of the sour varieties the birds will cause 

 but little annoyance; for market and for canning the fruit is 

 gathered before the birds begin to molest. 



There are two classes of cherries each having distinct char- 

 acteristics. The heart cherries, so called because heart shaped, 

 are sweet and fine for dessert, the tree large, attaining a height 

 of about forty feet. The sour varieties are best for cooking 

 and canning, and when fully ripe quite good eating from the 

 hand. The tree is of smaller size and the fruit more easily 

 gathered. The best varieties are English Morello and Mont- 

 morency. The English Morello is a dark red cherry becoming 

 nearly black when fully ripe, tender, juicy, quite acid but rich, 

 one of the best for canning. The tree is of dwarfish habit and 

 comes early into bearing, often in four years under good treat- 

 ment. The best variety for domestic use or for market is the 

 Montmorency. The tree is hardy, healthy, quite free of the 

 black knot, very productive and comes quite early into bearing. 

 The fruit is large, red, tender, juicy, unexcelled for canning, 

 and when fully ripe, of high flavor, with just enough acidity 

 to be particularly refreshing. 



This young cherry tree when planted should be pruned 

 differently from most other fruit trees. The buds on the shoots 

 are stronger and more active nearer the terminals and feebler 

 nearer the stock. Hence in shortening back with other trees 

 you remove the strongest buds. With the cherry this should 

 not be done. Some shoots should be left the whole length ; 

 while the shoots removed should be cut back close to the stock. 



