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3. Dukes. The Duke Cherries have upright or spreading branches, 

 with large and broad leaves. According to colour they are called (1) Blade 

 Dukes and (2) Red Dukes. They grow best on the Mahaleb stock as a rule. 



4. Morellos. These have long, slender, and drooping branches, with 

 small and narrow leaves. According to colour of the fruits they are known 

 as (1) Black Morellos and (2) Red or Kentish Morellos. They grow best 

 on the Mahaleb stock as a rule. 



Acreage under Cherries. According to the returns of the Board of 

 Agriculture and Fisheries (1911), there are about 12,000 ac. of Cherry 

 land in Great Britain. No figures appear to be available for Ireland, and 

 there are probably no Cherries grown for profit in that country. Only 

 half a dozen acres are recorded for the Channel Islands, mostly in Jersey. 

 Scotland has about 23 ac., and Wales 30, so that England with 11,952 ac. 

 is really the only part of the United Kingdom where Cherries are grown 

 at all on a large scale. Out of these 11,952 ac., 6570 more than half 

 are in Kent. The next most important Cherry county is Worcester 

 with 1287 ac. 



The counties having over 100 ac. of land under Cherries may be 

 tabulated thus: 



179 acres. 



152 



140 



135 



115 



107 



104 



103 



91 



There are practically no Cherries grown in Northumberland, only an 

 acre being recorded. From 50 to 90 ac. of Cherries are to be found in 

 the counties of Somerset (88), Notts (76), Lancaster (67), Lincoln (65), 

 Sussex (58), Monmouth (53), Huntingdon (51), and Surrey (50). 



In Scotland, Perth is the only county with any Cherry pretensions, 

 7 \ ac. out of a total of 23 for the whole country being recorded. No 

 Cherries at all are apparently grown in twenty counties in Scotland, and 

 the acreage in the others is not worth considering, although about 5 ac. 

 are recorded for Ayrshire. [j. w.] 



2. CULTIVATION 



The Cherry, which in this country is nearly always grown as a stan- 

 dard, is essentially an orchard tree. It is but rarely seen in gardens, for 

 the reason that it is practically impossible to keep the birds away from the 

 fruit on a few isolated trees, unless these are growing against a wall and 



