m 5> Till. Cill KKY. 



The cultivation of dwarf cherries would greatly facilitate 

 the use of net screens for covering entire orchards, a.; some- 

 times practiced in Holland and Kngland. The boundary 

 fence is made of wire (or wood'.' lattice, so as to exclude 

 /mall birds. At regular distances, through the enclosed 

 Mea, are inserted into the earth, wooden or tile sockets for 

 the reception of poles <>r props to support the net. These 

 poles have a small circular boa id each nailed on their tops, 

 to prevent injury !o the netting. The boundary fence is 

 supplied with hooks, to which the net is readily attached. 

 When the cherries hegin to ripen, it is elevated on several 

 of the poles, each carried by a man, and spread over the 

 garden, the rest of the poles beint- easily inserted in their 

 sockets afterwards. All birds arc thus completely excluded. 

 During rain or dewy evenings, the net is .stretched to its ut- 

 most extent, as indicated by the dotted lines in the annexed 

 figure : 



Bh<ls excluded from miniature cherry orchard by net 30 ten. 



In dry weather, it is slackened, and forms a festooned vault 

 Over tin 4 whole cherry ^arden. lls durability is increased 

 by soaking it in tan on.-e a year." Ten square rods of 

 ground, comprised within a circle of tifly-ninc feet in diam- 

 eter, would contain forty dwarf cherry trees at ri^ht feet 

 distance, or ninety trees at live feel distance. 



THE DISEASES AND ENEMIES, 



To which the cherry is liable at the North, are few and not 

 formidable. After the youni| trees are procured, they are 

 consequently of remarkably safe and easy cultivation. 



There, arc, however, some varieties which are liable to 

 blac/i <\/r/-ov<v.>ro- on the branches, which, irradually increas- 

 ing and extending, destroy the tree. The only means of 

 arresting their progress, and which, when vigorously and 



* Loudou'i Sub. Hort. 



