Cherries. 



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ing it in tan once a year. Ten square rods of ground, comprised 

 within a circle of fifty-nine feet in diameter, would contain forty 



Fig. 397. Birds excluded front miniature cherry orchard by net screen. 



dwarf cherry-trees at eight feet distance, or ninety trees at five feet 

 distance. 



Sometimes the cherry crop is much lessened by long and heavy 

 rains, at the period of the bursting of the anthers, washing down 

 the pollen, and preventing the fertilization of the stigma and 

 germ. 



At the South and West the finer varieties of the Heart and 

 Bigarreau cherries do not flourish. This is supposed to be caused 

 by the hot sun upon the bark of the trunk, and by rapid growth pre- 

 venting a sufficient hardening of the wood. The Mayduke, Early 

 Richmond, and the Morelloes generally succeed well. Grafting the 

 Heart varieties upon these hardy sorts, has been found useful, 

 and training the trees with low heads or with but little bare trunk, 

 is an additional security. The cracking and bursting of the bark 

 at the West is partly prevented by these precautions ; but the 

 safest way is to confine the culture of this fruit to the sorts above 

 named, which are least affected. 



SYNOPSIS OF ARRANGEMENT 

 CLASS I. FRUIT HEART-SHAPED. 



(Fruit inclining to sweet, tree vigorous and regular in growth.) 



Heart and Bigarreau Cherries. 

 Section I. Fruit black, dark red, or crimson. 

 Section II. Fruit bright red, or lighter. 



CLASS II. FRUIT ROUND. 

 Duke and Morello Cherries. 



Section I. Fruit black, dark red, or crimson. 

 Section H. Fruit bright red, or lighter. 



