124 FRUIT GARDEN. 



the Polton gean, from a place near Lasswade in Mid- 

 Lothian. 



It may be noticed that, in the Jardin des Plantes, at 

 Paris, the black-fruited cherry-tree, or Cruignier/is con- 

 sidered as a variety of Prunus Cerasus. The forest 

 cherry-tree, P. avium, is named Blerisier ; and, besides 

 varieties with red and with black fruit, there is a 

 marked variety called Bigarotier. 



The great quantities of pale-colored cherries yearly 

 sold in the London market are generally the kinds 

 called White Heart and Bigarreau. The dark-colored 

 cherries are chiefly the Courone, which is often passed 

 upon buyers for the Black Heart. What is called 

 Adams' Courone resembles a small May Duke, and is 

 nearly as good, while the tree is a plentiful bearer. 



The stock preferred for ch-erries is the wild gean. 

 Mr. Lindley recommends that dwarf cherry-trees should 

 be grafted, and two or three year old stocks will do 

 for them. For standard trees the stocks should be at 

 least four years old, and they should be budded or 

 grafted five or six feet from the ground. High stem- 

 med cherry-trees, or riders, are often temporarily em- 

 ployed to fill up the vacant spaces on newly-planted 

 south walls till the dwarf trees make sufficient pro- 

 gress ; for these, stocks six or seven feet high are re- 

 quired. For dwarf cherry-trees, the best stocks are 

 procured from the Prunus (or Cerasus) Mahaleb, the 

 sweet-scented cherry. 



Cherries are generally produced on small spurs 

 which appear on the wood of the second year, and 

 these spurs continue productive for an indefinite period. 

 Any form of training may therefore be adopted ; but, 

 as the fruit is always finest on young spurs, perhaps 



