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dities of our forefathers in gardening, 

 we now and then find they have been 

 capable of making a proper choice, espe- 

 cially of fruits for particidar situations, 

 and we observe it manifest in the cherry 

 mostly grown in Kent, as the Kentish 

 kind, which is called after that country, 

 is the best adapted of all we know for 

 orchards. The wood of this kind, which has 

 an horizontal habit, is very slender, and 

 yields an easy motion to the operation of 

 the wind, by which it is not broken, nor 

 does it become liable to the injuries 

 that the duke or heart kinds ; whose 

 wood being more robust and stiflf^ 

 would suffer by it. The morella has 

 also a similar character to the Kentish 

 as to the wood, but the fruit is not in 

 general so valuable for the market. 



The Elton Cherry. A fine new variety 

 raised by Mr. Knight. 



The Black Eagle Cherry, Another fine 

 new black variety, and is also much 

 esteemed. 



