Round the Year in the Garden 



CHERRIES 



Self-fertile 



1 Florence 



2 Kentish Morello 



3 Late Duke 



4 Morello 



5 Napoleon 



6 Bundle's 



7 Turk 



Self-sterile 



8 Ambe Bigarreau (5), (7), (13), (18) 



9 Black Tartarian 



10 Burg d'Annay 



11 Bigarreau Napoleon 



12 Elton Heart (13), (19) 



13 Frogmore Bigarreau (7), (8) 



14 Knight's Black Eagle (7) 



15 Knight's Early Black (14) 



16 Kentish 



17 May Duke 



18 Old Black Heart (4) 



19 Rivers' Early Black (8) 



20 White Heart 



" In the above lists, which are lamentably incomplete, 

 the numbers within brackets indicate the serial numbers 

 of the ascertained affinities. Among the self -sterile kinds 

 are included some which are so feebly fertile as to be 

 practically sterile. Coe's Golden Drop would appear to 

 be rather a light-o'-love among Plums. 



" No universal fertilisers have yet been found. If such 

 there be they will probably be wild fruits such as Crab- 

 apples, Sloes, etc." 



Planting Fruit Trees. It is essential to prepare large 

 holes ; they should be 4 or 5 feet across and the soil ought 

 to be stirred to a depth of from 2 to 3 feet. It is a 

 mistake to mix manure with the ground, for the chief 

 difficulty experienced during the first few years is to 

 prevent the trees growing too vigorously. This applies 

 especially to those planted in the garden proper; some 

 manure may be dug in the soil at the bottom of the holes 

 prepared for orchard trees. It is most important that a 

 space 3 or 4 feet wide should be kept clear round trees on 

 grass land ; if the grass is allowed to grow right up to 

 the stems, the growth of the trees invariably suffers. 

 The same advice applies to the planting of standard 

 Roses on the lawn ; a space clear of grass ought always 

 to be left round the stems. The uppermost roots of 

 dwarf fruit trees need be covered with only 2 or 3 inches 

 of soil. Stakes should be used for the purpose of keeping 



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