The Cherry. 3 1 



dering on the Mississippi Valley. The original stock of 

 the cherry, now multiplied by hundreds, was from the dry 

 regions of continental Asia a country similar in many 

 respects to our own. The Lieb Cherry, now found as hardy 

 as a crab apple, was brought to this country from the Hartz 

 Mountains in Europe, an interior region near the fifty-second 

 parallel of north latitude. 



It is a waste of time and money to plant the Hart, a 

 sweet cherry, in the north. The Dukes are reasonably- 

 hardy, of rapid growth, and sometimes bear fair crops of 

 fruit. The Early Richmond is regarded by the entire fruit- 

 growing fraternity, as the one indispensable cherry. 



The English Morello is rather a slow grower, but on 

 this account seems hardy as an oak. It comes into bearing 

 the earliest of all, frequently producing fruit the same sea- 

 son it is planted in the orchard. It ripens its fruit two 

 weeks later than the Early Richmond, is of larger size, 

 quite acid, firm in flesh, less juicy than the Richmond, and 

 on the latter account infinitely better for canning than the 

 latter. The color of the fruit is glossy red, almost black, 

 very handsome indeed. For the market it proves very 

 salable and profitable, bearing transportation well. For 

 some reason, probably on account of its acidity, the Eng- 

 lish Morello is nearly free from the depredations of the 

 birds. 



Any one having the early Richmond, English Morello 

 and Lieb, a Plum Stone Morello, in his fruit garden, is as 

 well supplied as the conditions of our climate, summer and 

 winter, will permit. 



Cherries, says Mr. Grimes, should be budded on the 

 Mahalel stock. This stock dwarfs the tree and does not 

 sprout, comes into bearing third year from bud, while those 

 on the Mazzard stock commence fruiting in six years, and 

 on the Morello stock' in eight to ten years. The latter 

 sprouts from the roots badly: 



J. W. Cook says that the cherries belonging to the 



