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is a cooking chei'ry it is excellent for 

 pies and preserves. The tree is only 

 a moderate bearer, which scarcely 

 recommends it as a cherry to cultivate 

 for the market, although the fruit is not 

 so very fine jou cau always get the high- 

 est price foi- it. 



Napoleon Bigarreau. — This variety I 

 have not got now. In former years I 

 cultivated it, and both tree and fruit 

 were remarkable for their beauty. The 

 fruit is of the largest size; pretty, 

 heart-shaped cherry, of pale yellow, 

 with a fine marbled dark crimson 

 cheek ; flesh was very firm and hard, 

 but of excellent flavor when ripe ; is a 

 good and constant bearer ; ripens about 

 the second week in July. For some 

 years this ti-ee was very profitable to 

 me. Year after year it bore good 

 crops. At last trouble overtook it ; the 

 whole crop began to rot before it was 

 fit for the market, and there was no 

 other remedy than to cut it down. 

 Without this blemish it is one of the 

 best cherry trees to grow. 



Eaily Richmond. — This tree aluiost 

 belies its name, for it is the latest cherry 

 I gi'ow ; there is some ripe fruit on 

 the tree now, 13th September. I can- 

 not say for certain that it is the Early 

 Richmond, although bought and labelled 

 as such. It is a cherry of the Ouke 

 habit. Fruit about the size and color 

 of the Governor Wood. The tree 

 bears a very good cro[), and it is very 

 useful, for its lateness makes it a good 

 market cherry when all other small 

 fruits are done. As I do not know 

 whether it is true to name I cannot 

 recommend it for cultivation. 



Governor Wood. — This is a good 

 variety ; of vigorous growth, forming a 

 round and regular head ; a handsome 

 tree, and very productive; fruit is large, 

 roundish heart shaped, light yellow, 

 marbled with red ; flesh very tender, 

 juicy, sweet, rich and delicious ; very 

 good to best ; ripens beginning of July. 



It deseives a place in every good col- 

 lection. Although I lost the entire 

 crop from rot last year, this season it 

 has coriKiall right again. 



BiMwr's Yellow. — Is a heart-shaped 

 cherry, laised by Buttner, of Halle, in 

 Germany, and is one of the few cherries 

 entirely yellow. Fruit is of medium 

 size ; skin pale yellow, not a particle of 

 other color on it; looks a beautiful 

 fruit, and is regarded in the market- 

 place as a curiosity, and buyers say they 

 will take a few home to show them to 

 the folks. The tree is a fine grower, 

 and the crop large, with a tendency to 

 rot in some seasons. This season the 

 whole crop came down good, yet there 

 were all the elements for a rot in the 

 tree, which were kept dormant in con- 

 sequencf of the dry, warm weather. I 

 believe that the cui'culio is the chief 

 cause of the rot in the cherry, and in 

 another number of the Horticulturist I 

 will giv(! you my reasons for think- 

 ing so. 



CULTIVATION. 



In planting cherry trees they should 

 be put in ground that is rich and mel- 

 low : when I say rich I do not mean 

 made so by manure, for from my ex 

 perience the use of stable manure to 

 cherry is a great drawback to its 

 growth ; and if planted in good soil the 

 trees will thrive well for years, if they 

 are mulched round the trunk with well 

 rotted stuff" or decayed weeds. From 

 the use of new stable manure I have 

 found that it seriously affects the health 

 of the tree. Any quantity of soap-suds 

 is very good to dash against the trunk. 

 In prunijig, the cherry trees need very 

 little, just cut out a crossing branch ; 

 and the pruning is best done during the 

 summer, just after the Iruit is picked, 

 then leave the trees to form the next 

 year's crop. I might mention that the 

 crop is already formed before you be- 

 gin to prune, so do not let some 

 ignorant person who professes to know 



