172 TREATISE ON FRUIT TREES. 



III. Common CHERRY TREE with round fruit. 

 Common CHERRY TREE with round fruit. 



This term includes many varieties of cherry trees grown from pits in vineyards, 

 orchards, enclosures, & even in the woods. They all grow larger than the preceding one, 

 and some of them on rare occasions grow larger than most of the ones that follow. They 

 vary with respect to the size of the tree, their leaves, & their flowers. They vary even 

 more in the size, flavor, and time of ripening of their fruit. There are small, medium, and 

 a few large ones. Some are acrid, bitter, harsh, tart, sour, slightly sour, & pleasant. Some 

 follow the early cherries, or even mature along with them. Others only ripen in 

 September. 



These cherry trees require neither care nor cultivation. When they begin to bear 

 fruit, the quality is checked. Those producing good fruit are saved. They're propagated by 

 suckers that emerge from their base & from their roots. The ones with inedible fruit are 

 uprooted, or better kinds are grafted onto them. A further advantage is that they set their 

 fruit well & fail to produce it much less often than the others do. For this reason, in places 

 where people pay particular attention to cultivating cherry trees, they prefer the common 

 cherry trees to more beautiful varieties. They have fewer problems & are more apt to 

 produce a plentiful yield in the season for this fruit. 



There's a beautiful variety that has begun to be propagated in the vicinity of Paris. 

 It's about ten Iignes in diameter by almost the same height. It's rounder & a little less 

 enlarged at the tip than near the stalk. It's a bit flatter on one side, & there's a noticeable 

 line that extends from the tip to the stalk through the middle of the flattened part. The 

 stalk is eleven to thirteen Iignes long, 



