CHAPTER XXIV, 



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CHERRIES. 



CHERRIES should be planted rather largely for market, 

 or left alone entirely. There are only certain special 

 districts where the cherry thrives as "standards," and 

 unless they are planted in sufficient quantities to employ 

 a bird " scarer," the crop gets robbed, in many parts, as 

 fast as they ripen. At the same time, cherries are such 

 general favourites, that they pay well to cultivate 

 wherever they thrive, and a certain market can be 

 looked for, whilst they travel better than most of our 

 summer fruits. 



Cherries were formerly grown largely in the Kentish 

 suburbs of London, but such orchards have mostly been 

 allowed to die out completely during the last half- 

 century. 



As the foreign supplies are always plentiful in the 

 earlier part of the season, it would be better, where 

 these are accessible, to plant mainly of the best of the 

 later kinds, such as the Circassian, Late Duke, Florence, 

 Napoleon, and Heine Hortense, which will realize some- 

 times up to Is. 6d. and 2s. a pound, wholesale, for best 

 dessert purposes. The " Morello " is a specially prolific 

 and popular fruit, and thrives well on a wall with any 



