104 THE MINIATURE FRUIT GARDEX. 



imperfect ; and esi)nliers of the I3igarreau and Gnigne 

 or Heart tribe are planted and trained alon;,' the sides 

 (if the p;ardon waller, giving abundam.'c of shoots and 

 leaves, bnt very little fruit (wliich the birds appro- 

 priate), and in tlic course of time give out gum — 

 owing to their having been unmercifully pruned — 

 and die full of years and barren shoijts, having given 

 much trouble to the gardener. I have pointed out 

 how cherries may be cultivated in gardens as pyra- 

 mids, (i'c, and have alluded to fertility in the Bigar- 

 reau and Heart tribe being promoted by double gi-aft- 

 ing ; this mode of culture is also interesting, as leading 

 to success in soils that seem unfavorable to cherries 

 under some circumstances. 



Cherries grafted on the Malialeb are described pp. 

 8."^ to 90 ; they affect calcareous s< als. and, as far as I 

 can learn, do not succeed so well in the sandstone 

 formations, and where iron abounds in the soil ; in 

 such situatiiins, double grafted trees should be planted 

 fonneii in this way — the common Morello cherry 

 should be budded on the Mahaleb stuck, and after two 

 Years it should be trraftcd with some kind of Bisar- 

 reaii, Heart, or (iuignc cherry; it will form a small 

 or moderate sized tree, and bear abundantly. In cul- 

 tivating cherry trees in snils inimical .to their well- 

 iloing, abundance of chalk or lime rubbish should bo 

 mixed ^vitll the eartli to the depth of two feet. 



l)oidile grafting of apjiles is of very inferior im- 

 [loi-tance as compared with the same operation on 

 pears or chej'ries, for our Knglish I'arailise stoeks giv(> 

 tile most ]iei leef hcaUli and fertility in nearly all soils. 

 Still lliere may be some peculiar positions, where the 



