THE MAGAZINE 



HORTICULTURE 



AUGUST, 1842. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Art. I. Pomological J^otices; or JYotices respecting neio 

 and superior varieties of Fruits^ ivorthy of general cultiva- 

 tion. JSotice of forty-four varieties of Cherries^ fruited at 

 the Pomological Garden^ Salem, J\lass.j in the season of 

 1842. By R. Manning, Esq. 



It is with extreme gratification that we are enabled to lay 

 before our pomological friends the following valuable paper, 

 describing forty-four varieties of cherries, the qualities of 

 which have been proved by Mr. Manning, in his Pomological 

 Garden at Salem, during the present season. Those who 

 have read Mr. Manning's communications in our previous vol- 

 umes, on pears and other fruits, will at once appreciate the im- 

 portance which attaches to his descriptions of fruits. No cul- 

 tivator in this country, and we might say no individual in any 

 country, has ever fruited and proved the same number of vari- 

 eties of the cherry which are here described. The catalogues 

 of some of our nurserymen, it is true, contain from fifty to one 

 hundred names of varieties, but such confusion exists in regard 

 to them, that probably not one third of them are really dis- 

 tinct; but if distinct, where can a comparative view of their 

 qualities be found, that an individual wishing to make a choice 

 selection, may do so without the fear of disappointment ? No 

 where but in the Catalogue of the London Horticultural So- 

 ciety; and even that is imperfect compared with Mr. Man- 

 ning's list; for he has described nearly twenty new kinds of re- 

 cent origin, most of them American seedlings, and particularly 

 adapted to our climate, which are not found in that Catalogue. 



The cherry, though a small fruit, is not less varied in the 

 qualities of the several sorts than the apple or pear; size, 



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