jji THE FRUIT GROWERS GUIDE, 



Training Morello Cherries. Eeference has already been made to the Morello class 

 of cherries. Some of these are cross-bred with the Duke race and produce fruit 

 freely on spurs, but others, especially the Morello itself, produce slender shoots, and 

 bear on those of the preceding year's growth; all the buds along the shoot are 

 often blossom buds, with a wood bud only at the extremity, and one or more at the 



Fig. 44. CHEERY. SUMMER PRUNING, SPUR FORMATION, SHORTENING SPURS. 



References: G, shoot pinched, namely, z, first at fifth leaf; a, lateral to one leaf; b, sub-lateral at first leaf; 

 c, point of shortening at winter pruning ; d, wood buds j e, blossom buds ; there is a wood bud on the other side 

 of buds, but it is not shown. H, last year's formed spur, producing fruit and forming spurs /; g, growth from basal 

 wood bud, pinched at fifth leaf, point of shortening in autumn indicated by the bar. I, spur become crowded, extent 

 of shortening needed represented by the bar ; /, attenuated spur requiring shortening to the bars ; K, spurs on 

 branches of standard trees ; ft, two-year spurs ; i y three- year spurs ; j, four-year spurs ; k, thinning indicated by 

 the bars ; I, shortening by the bars. 



base. This is a characteristic of all varieties grown as standards. The Duke and 

 its cross-bred varieties make stubby growths, and are more amenable to spur pruning 

 than varieties which make long and less sturdy shoots; the latter are pruned into 

 sterility, or produce less abundantly than on the spur system. Thus we find the 



