352 THE FORCING GARDEN. (jVIAR, 



THE CHERRY-HOUSE. 



Of the new-planted Cherry-House. 



THE reader is referred to this article in January. 



About the middle or end of the month, it will be 

 proper to head down the plants. The dwarfs, plant- 

 ed against the trellis, should be well cut in ; that is, 

 each shoot of last year should be shortened back to 

 three or four buds, that the plants may throw out a 

 sufficiency of young shoots to fill the rail from ths 

 bottom. The dwarfs, planted in the border as little 

 standards, need not be headed-in so much ; as the 

 intention is to have them fruitful, and that they may 

 grow little to wood from the beginning. Their 

 short, stubby shoots, need not be touched, unless 

 bruised or hurt in transplanting ; shortening back 

 the longer and weaker ones only* a few inches, ac- 

 cording to their strengths. 



The riders, planted against the back-trellis, may 

 be treated very much in the same manner ; the sole 

 intention being to obtain a few crops of them while 

 the dwarfs are making wood and filling their spaces. 



