156 CHERRIES. 



Propagation* 



Cherries are propagated by budding and grafting 

 upon the small Black Cherry stock. Those intended 

 for standards are always worked standard high. 



In the nursery it ought not to be attempted to work 

 dwarfs among standards, except on those stocks which 

 have not grown up sufficiently high for the purpose of 

 standards, as they never make good plants when over- 

 grown by the upper crop. Dwarfs are at all times the 

 best when grown by themselves ; and if good bedded 

 stocks have been quartered out, they will generally be 

 fit to graft when they have been planted a year. 



As I have observed before, when speaking of apples, 

 budding is not to be recommended for dwarfs, as they 

 never make such good plants as those which have been 

 grafted. 



In order, therefore, to preserve a uniformity in a 

 quarter of cherries, and to grow them with the least pos- 

 sible waste, it is necessary the stocks should be assorted 

 previously to their being planted out, selecting the hand- 

 somest and best, and as nearly of a size as possible for 

 standards ; the smaller and less handsome ones may follow 

 in the quarter to be employed for dwarfs. By pursuing 

 this method the crop of both standards and dwarfs will 

 be regular, and much better than when the weak plants 

 have to contend with the strong, and the least waste witl 

 in all cases be occasioned. 



Pruning and Training. 



Standard cherries for the orchard require the same 

 management, generally, as standard apples, and the same 

 method may be pursued as directed under that head j 



