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standards are required they must stand 

 until they acquire the desired height. 



Soil. A deep and mellow loam rather 

 sandy, is hest adapted to the cherry ; it 

 will, however, succeed in any ordinary 

 garden soil, if some what fertile in charac- 

 ter and one which parts freely with su- 

 perfluous moisture. 



Wall culture in growing period. The 

 first operation commences in the dis- 

 budding, stopping, and laying in of the 

 young shoots this will be in the early 

 part of June. Gross fore-right shoots may 

 at once be displaced, unless required to 

 fill gaps ; but if any doubt exists as to 

 their becoming permanent stock, it will 

 suffice to pinch off their points wnen four 

 or five inches long. 



The kinds differ so much in size of 

 foliage that a difference becomes neces- 

 sary in the distance at which the young 

 wood is trained. This must be ruled by 

 the sLze of the leaves. Such as the Bi- 

 garreau must be kept at least five inches 

 apart ; the Morello section may be placed 

 from two to four inches apart. One of 

 the main points is to destroy the aphides 

 in time ; they are almost sure to infest 

 the trees before midsummer. 



Culture in rest period. The cherry in 

 general requires less culture than most 

 of our hardy fruits ; and this because it 

 produces so little breast wood. If the 

 summer management has been duly at- 

 tended to there will be little to perform 

 during the rest period. 



The remaining portion of the snags or 

 bases of the young shoots, which were 

 pinched back in June, must now be 

 pruned back to within two inches of the 

 branch, unless required to furnish a blank 

 space. Any late made immature-looking 

 wood may be shortened to where solid, 

 but no other shortening is required with 

 bearing trees. All the shortening requi- 

 site in order to multiply shoots to furnish 

 the wall, should be done within three 

 years after their transplanting. There 

 will, however, be mostly a few shoots to 

 be entirely removed in the winter's prun- 

 ing ; and in doing this regard must be 

 paid to the distance previously given. 



Uses, Jww to keep, $$c. "We need scarce- 

 ly point to the dessert section. The 

 Morellosare famous as "brandy cherries." 

 The Kentish has the peculiar property of 



slipping from the stone, and when dried 

 making a delightful confection ; and in- 

 deed, most of them are of great use for 

 confectionary purposes. The pulp of 

 some makes a very good wine ; and in 

 Germany a liqueur is made from the kernel 

 and pulp bruised and fermented, known 

 by the name of Kirschwasser. 



The keeping of cherries on the trees is, 

 indeed, the great obstacle to their much 

 extended culture. Were it not for this 

 cherries would be an everyday affair from 

 the end of May until the end of October. 

 The birds are their greatest enemies, and 

 next to them the wasps. For preserva- 

 tion from birds these is nothing like good 

 nets ; but, as it takes much netting to 

 cover an ordinary tree, a dwarfing system 

 should be had recourse to, by which 

 means much fruit may be preserved in a 

 little space. By strict preservation we 

 have had the May Duke in use from the 

 beginning of June until the middle of 

 August; the Late Duke from the latter 

 period until the end of September ; and 

 the Morello from the latter period until 

 the end of October, or even later. The 

 Wasps are by far the most difficult to 

 manage ; we have, however, kept these 

 at bay for a few weeks by covering the 

 bushes with some material like Scotch 

 gauze. 



Disease. We are not aware of any 

 positive disease in the cherry, excepting 

 the gum. This is an exudation of gummy 

 matter, which generally follows a wound 

 or bruise, and not unfrequently breaks 

 out spontaneously. The best way to 

 avoid this is to plant in soil of moderate 

 quality ; in general a light maiden loam 

 is good enough without adding a particle 

 of manure or vegetable matter. See 

 Extravasated Sap. 



Insects. The Black Aphis (see Aphis') 

 is the greatest enemy, and next the Red 

 Spider (see Acarus}. The wall and wood 

 of the trees should be washed annually 

 in the rest season with soft soap water, 

 six ounces to a gallon, adding plenty of 

 lime, soot, and sulphur. When the 

 aphides attack the young shoots in sum- 

 mer there is no better plan than to dip 

 each in a bowl of tobacco water, just be- 

 fore they are trained. 



Winter pruning of Standards. Very 

 little is requisite with standards. Like all 



