

CHAPTER IV. 



THE CHERRY. 



Choice of a tree. The cherry being among 

 the handsomest of all fruit trees, one may re- 

 quire the tree which a nurseryman shall offer 

 him, to have a straight trunk and a fine synv 

 metrical top. The" root also should be well 

 proportioned and sufficiently supplied with 

 fibres. 



Dwarf and Standards. The cherry is but 

 very little cultivated in this country as a 

 dwarf. The Mahaleb stock, on which the 1 

 dwarfs are worked, or the little bush trees 

 themselves, may be had of the importers. 



Standard cherries are generally worked upon 

 those excellent stocks, the Black Mazzard seed- 

 lings. 



Soil. Downing recommends a sandy or 

 gravelly loam. The trees will bear quite a 

 dry situation. A mixture of one bushel of 



