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funo^i called morel ; whence tlie name. The Chinese Cherry is 

 valuable on account of its bearing an excellent fruit, and ripen- 

 ing it in forcing-houses. 



Cherries are grafted or budded on seedlings from Cherry- 

 stones, and from seedlings of the red and black mazzard. For 

 dwarfing, they are worked on the morello, or perfumed Cherry ; 

 the latter is preferred in Holland. In this country, the budding 

 system is more frequently practised on the various species of 

 stone fruit than grafting. 



PRUNING CHERRY-TREES. 



Cherry-trees, in general, produce the fruit upon small spm-s 

 or studs, from half an inch to two inches in length, which pro- 

 ceed fi-om the sides and ends of the two-year, three-year, and 

 older branches ; and as new spurs continue 'shooting from the 

 extreme parts, it is a maxim in pruning both standards and 

 espaliers, not to shorten the bearing branches when there is 

 room for their regular extension. 



The Morello is, in some degree, an exception, as it bears 

 principally on the shoots of the preceding year, the fruit pro- 

 ceeding immediately from the eyes of shoots ; and bears but 

 casually, and in a small degree, on close spurs formed on the 

 two-year-old wood, and scarcely ever on wood of the third 

 year. Therefore, in pruning, leave a supply of young shoots on 

 all the branches from the origin to the extremity of the tree, 

 for next year's bearers. 



All kinds of Cherry-trees, except the Morello, are apt to 

 grow very tall. To remedy this, and to enable them to form 

 handsome heads, the leading shoot should be cut off when of 

 about three years' growth from the bud; after which give only 

 occasional pruning, to reform or remove any casual irregularity 

 from cross-placed or very crowded branches, and take away all 

 cankery and decayed wood. 



Dwarf Cherry-trees may be introduced into the Kitchen- 

 Garden, and trained as espaliers. ^Y\len Morellos are planted 



