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described. The trees grow large, and the fruit is produced 

 in clusters, like currants. It is very small, of a pleasant 

 sweet, slightly bitter, and very astringent taste. This 

 variety is one of the most esteemed of all for brandy. 



42. WEEPING CHERRY. 



CERISIER DE SIBERIA. 



This beautiful tree is of low growth, its branches slen- 

 der and drooping; its leaves are very small, oblong, 

 lanceolate ; they are of a deep shining green above, and 

 of a pale shining green below. The fruit is small and 

 numerous, of a bright red color, and extremely acid. This 

 highly ornamental tree is generally inoculated at an ele- 

 vated height on the Mazzard cherry. 



43. COLONG DWARF CHERRY. 



A new species of cherry, a native from beyond the 

 Rocky Mountains, and near the sources of the Columbia 

 River ; lately brought thence by the hunters from the far 

 West. A low tree or shrub, the leaves small, oblong, ser- 

 rated, pale green. When but two feet in height, it blos- 

 soms profusely. The fruit is a cherry of a small size and 

 oval form ; of a black color and pleasant taste. It bears 

 very abundantly, and the branches, when loaded with fruit, 

 sometimes trail on the ground. 



CULTIVATION. 



The stones of the cherry are sown in autumn, in a rich, 

 well-prepared soil. The second year they are transplanted 

 to nursery rows four feet asunder, and at a foot distance 

 from each other in the row. They are inoculated the 

 third year. The best soil is a rich, dry, sandy loam, or 

 calcareous soil, and an elevated situation. A cold, clayey, 

 moist soil does not suit them. If the tree grows in suit- 

 able form, pruning is neither much practised nor recom- 

 mended. 



The suitable distance for planting the cherry tree in 

 orchards, varies according to the goodness of the soil, and 

 other circumstances, and may be stated generally at from 

 fifteeu to twenty feet asunder. 

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