

VI. LIST OP FRUITS. 



counts, a tree deserving of the greatest attention : it 

 usually blows in February, or March at the latest, and 

 ought to be pruned before the blossom buds begin to 

 burst. As to the protecting of the blossoms from frost, 



1 shall give general directions for that under the head of 

 Peach. 



263. BARBERRY. This fruit is well known. The 

 tree or shrub on which it grows is raised from the seed 

 or from suckers or layers. It needs little care ; and 

 should stand in the outer part of the garden, and in the 

 shade of the hedge j for, the hot sun tends to prevent 

 the fruit from growing large. 



2 264. CHERRY. Cherries are budded or grafted upon 

 stocks raised from cherry-stones, of the manner of 

 raising which stocks I have spoken under the head of 

 PROPAGATION. If you wish to have the cherry tree for a 

 wall or an espalier, the stocks should be raised from the 

 stones of the Morello, or the May-Duke. As to the 

 management of the tree in its early stages, and the 

 planting of it out, directions have been given under the 

 head of PLANTING. Cherry trees, except the Morello and 

 one or two more, bear upon spurs ; and great care 

 should be taken in the forming and the preserving of 

 these spurs, all the rules for doing which have been 

 mentioned under the head of espalier apple. Cherry 

 trees do exceedingly well as espaliers j and, as standards, 

 though they bear prodigiously, the crop is for the birds 

 and not for the gardener. As espaliers, they may, as I 

 have before observed, be most conveniently coyered with 

 a net. In the gathering, too, the espalier form is of 



