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in an orchard, they may be placed from fifteen to twenty feet 

 apart. Trees of the duke kind may be planted from twenty- 

 five to thirty feet apart ; and the heart-shaped, in general, will 

 require to be from thirty to forty feet from each other, or from 

 any spreading trees. 



Cherry-trees may be removed the first year after the bud is 

 established ; but they will bear removal at any time before 

 they come into bearing, which is about the fifth year. 



The gum which exudes from Cherry-trees is equal to Gum- 

 Arabic ; and Hasselquist relates, " that more than one hundred 

 men during a siege, were kept alive for nearly two months, 

 without any other sustenance than a little of this gum taken 

 sometimes into the mouth, and suffered gradually to dissolve." 

 The wood of the wild Cherry-tree is hard and tough, and used 

 by turners and cabinet-makers. 



SELECT DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF CHERRIES. 



DUKE AND ROUND FRUIT. 



AMBREE DE CHOISY, Belle de Choisy of Downing. Cerise. 

 Doucette, Cerise de la Palembre of the French gardens. A 

 middle size roundish fruit, highly deserving of cultivation. 

 Skin transparent, red, mottled with amber ; flesh amber-color- 

 ed, tender, and sweet. It bears well as a standard, and ripens 

 its fruit in June. 



ARCHDUKE, Royal Duke, Cfriotte de Portugal, Portugal Duke. 

 A large globular-formed red cherry ; like the May Duke, it 

 grows in clusters, but the tree grows more vigorously than that 

 variety, and yields an abundance of fruit, which hangs a long 

 time on the tree, improving in flavor in July. 



BELLE ET MAGNIFIQUE. A fine round cherry, much esteemed 

 in Massachusetts. The tree is vigorous and productive ; the 

 fruit truly magnificent ; its' color red, mottled with white spots, 



