144* THE OECHARD ASTD TEU1T GAItDEiN". 



Dredge's Early White, or Guignier a Fruit Blanc, is a 

 favourite heart-shaped cherry, above middle size, dull 

 whitish-yellow, tinged and mottled with dull red on the 

 sunny side, melting, juicy, rich, and pleasant in flavour. 

 The stalk is long and slender, set in a round cavity. It 

 ripens in July and the beginning of August. The 

 branches are slender and diverging, the epidermis is 

 reddish-brown, and the cherries grow generally in pairs 

 or threes. 



The Morello, Milan, Cerise du Nord, Dutch Morello, 

 Large Morello, Black Morello, Late Morello, or Ronald's 

 Large Morello, ought to be a good useful sort, to have 

 so many synonym es ; and so it is, and a great favourite, 

 valuable for use, and generally commanding a higher 

 price in the market than most sorts. The fruit is large, 

 round, dark red, becoming intensely dark when fully 

 ripe, juicy, and full-flavoured, with a pleasant acidity. 

 The stalk is of medium length, and the flesh is red and 

 tender. It ripens in July and August, and is useful for 

 cooking, preserving, and brandying ; but many persons 

 like it for the table, on account of its full piquant 

 flavour. It was known in England considerably more 

 than two hundred years ago. It will produce and ripen 

 its fruit as a standard, but it requires a good position, 

 and the crop is uncertain. As an espalier, with plenty 

 of sun, it grows very fine, and on a north wall it bears 

 abundantly, and the fruit ripens well, but it is less 

 sweet than when ripened in a sunny spot. To render 

 Morello cherries an excellent fruit for dessert, let the 

 tree have an east, south-east, or south wall; train the 

 branches six inches apart, or more; do not allow the 

 fruit to be too crowded, and let them remain on the 

 tree until they are perfectly ripe, or beginning to 

 shrivel. 



Belle Agathe has the merit of hanging on the tree 

 very late, even until October, and it is said birds and 

 wasps do not touch it. The fruit is a small Bigarreau, 

 growing in clusters, heart-shaped, crimson mottled with 

 yellow, with firm yellow flesh, and a sweet nice flavour* 

 The stalk is of medium length. 



