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as it qualifieth the earth, so that juice which 

 remaineth is fit for the other plant : there the 

 neighbourhood doeth good, because the nou- 

 rishments are contrary, or several ; but where 

 two plants draw much the same juice, there 

 the neighbourhood hurteth ; for the one de- 

 ceiveth the other/' 



The cherry, like many other kinds of 

 fruits, has had its sorts so multiplied, by 

 various graftings and sowing the seeds, that 

 we now enjoy a great variety of this agree- 

 able fruit, and for a considerable portion of 

 the summer, as it is one of the first trees 

 that yields its fruity in return for the care of 

 the gardener. From the ripening of the 

 Kentish and the May Duke, to the Yellow 

 Spanish and the Morello, we may reckon 

 full one third of the year that our desserts are 

 furnished with this ornamental fruit; and to 

 those who have the advantage of housed 

 trees, the cherry makes a much earlier ap- 

 pearance, as it is a fruit that bears forcing 

 exceedingly well. 



Cherries have ever been found more 

 tempting than wholesome. Pliny says, " this 

 fruit will loosen and, hurt the stomach ; but, 

 when hung up and dried, has a contrary 

 effect/' He relates, that some authors have 

 affirmed that cherries, eaten fresh from 



