PEACHES, PLUMS, CHERRIES, AND APRICOTS. 557 



The Cherry is budded on tlie Mazzard Cherry for a stock, 

 for about two weeks after midsummer, and is a doubtful opera- 

 tion, if performed at any other time. The fruit grows on spurs, 

 like the plum, and the tree requires no pruning, save to shape 

 the head. The following is a select list of cherries, in the 

 order of their ripening, the first being about the tenth of June, 

 and the last about the first of August : 



Early Purple Guigne, Early Eichmond, 



Belle d'Orleaxs, Elton, 



Governor Wood, Black Eagle, 



Coe's Transparent, Yellow Spanish, 



Black Tartarian, Dormer's Late, 



Mayduke, Belle Magnifique. 



rockport. 

 The Apricot is budded on its own and on peach and plum 

 .stocks. The plum is preferred, and is best adapted to heavy 

 soils. The soil should be deep and dry ; the situation should 

 be on the north or west side of a wall fence or building. It is 

 a delicious fruit, that ripens at least a month earlier than the 

 best early peaches, and deserves to be much more generally 

 cultivated. All directions given for planting and pruning the 

 peach apply to this fruit. The best are, the Breda, Early 

 Golden, Moore Park, Peach, Large Early, Eed Masculine, (the 

 latter valuable only for its earliness,) and the Golden Nectarine, 

 represented in our colored fruit plate. 



