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CHAPTER IX. 



CHERRIES. 



Cherries as tall standards are mostly grown on grass, 

 with sufficiently long stems to allow horses or cattle 

 to graze without injury to the lower branches, and 

 are cultivated to perfection in Kent, Bucks and 

 Worcester. Very profitable also are plantations of the 

 Kentish and Morello on pyramids, which, after the 

 first two years, only require regulating, and bear most 

 profusely. The famous Grant's Morello Cherry Brandy 

 (manufactured here), and which, apart from its qualities 

 as a beverage, is also a fine medicine in cases of 

 diarrhoea and dysentry, is not made from the 

 Morellos such as grow on walls, but from a local wild 

 Morello, and in the Canterbury district is found in 

 most cottage gardens. 



Apropos of birds, the Cherry's great enemies. It is 

 of no use, in looking for profit, to plant a few Cherries, 

 as they cost more " to keep " than the farmer can 

 afford ; and for the same reason it is better to plant 

 a number of one kind, alternated with a distinct sort, 

 but where several sorts are grown the season is 

 lengthened out ; one man and a gun can keep many 

 acres ; and bearing in mind that other trees can be 

 planted between them, and produce a return before the 

 Cherries pay their way, it would be well to plant freely, 

 as no fruit sells better. Some idea of the value of 

 Cherry Orchards can be had from the figures given 

 in Chapter XXII, on Profits. 



