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IIARDN CHERRIES. 



HE original home of the cherry is in Asia. Ihe Romans arc 

 credited with bringing it to Italy, and thence to England. 

 Our cultivated varieties have arisen from two original forms, 

 the one tall growing, now sprouting {Pruiius a-,'ium) Bird 

 Cherry, the other more shrubby, and throwing up suckers or 

 sprouts. The first of these is the parent of the black and 

 white varieties, more or less sweet, known as Hearts and 

 Bigarreaus. The second is the parent of the red cherries, more or less sour, now 

 known as belonging to the Morello class. Seeds of both of these were brought 

 from Holland and England to New England by the early colonists. The two 

 families have become so intercrossed lately that in many cases it is now impos- 

 sible to distinguish their descendants. Among other things for which Ireland is 

 noted are its cherry trees of great size. One near Dublin is said to have a cir- 

 cumference of nineteen feet, and a height of eighty five feet. Mr. Gibb, speak- 

 ing of cherry growing in East Europe, says : " There is a district in Russia 



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