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York is projierly named or if there are two varieties of the same 

 name. Leroj makes the name a synonym of;. Reine Hortense, a very 

 different fruit. 



The jMoi'rello (Fig. 82), variously known as English, Large, Dutch 

 and Roaald's Morello, is nearly two weeks later than Montmorency, 

 a bushy and finally a drooping grower, with medium-sized, roundish 

 or round-cordate fruits which become red-black when fully ripe. 

 Flesh very dark, much sourer than the Montmorency. In western 

 Xew York the Morello harvest begins from the 8th to the middle 

 of July. 



82.— English Morello. 



The cherry orchard. — A strong, loamy soil, and one which is 

 retentive of moisture, is the most suitable for sour cherries. The 

 fruit contains such a large amount of water that it is necessary to 

 save the moisture of the soil to the greatest possible extent. Dry 

 clay knolls produce cherries of less size and of inferior quality 

 than the moister depressions between them. Yery early and 

 thorough cultivation is essential to this conservation of moisture, 

 and the tillage should be continued at frequent intervals until the 

 fruit is about ripe. In order to be able to cultivate the soil at the 

 earliest moment in the s.pring, the land should be either naturally 

 or artificially well drained. The crop of even the Morellos is 

 off the trees in July, so that there is abundant opportunity to 

 sow a catch crop on the orchard for a winter cover, if the manager 



