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ering of netting, or by various modes of 

 frightening them. 



Gathering the Fruit. Always if practica- 

 ble gather the cherry when it is not wet and 

 with the stems attached. If the fruit is put 

 into an ice-box and cooled before being brought 

 to the table, it will be greatly improved. 



Uses of the Fruit. The Cherry is chiefly 

 used for the dessert ; it is employed also in 

 making tarts, &c. 



In some parts of Europe both the tree and 

 its fruit have a use which, by a pardonable 

 digression, we may mention here. 



From Brunn to Olmutz, says Loudon, the 

 road lies through an avenue of cherry trees 

 for sixty miles in length . Beneath the friend- ! 

 ly shade of these, the poor pedestrian finds 

 rest and refreshment, on his weary journey. 

 Whenever the proprietor of the lands through 

 which the avenue passes, desires to reserve 

 the cherries on a particular tree, he has only 

 to let his wishes be known, by tying a wisp 

 of straw around the tree. This simple appro- 

 priating mark affords a protection to the fruit 

 which an American, whose only security is a 

 faithful watch-dog or strong picket fence, 

 ought hardly to be blamed for envying. 

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