THE CHERRY 35 



Bigarreau cherries are most profitable. Some variety, however, is advisable ; 

 each row or set of rows should be of one sort, so arranged in their order of 

 ripening that the picking can begin at one end of the orchard and finish at the 

 other, to save unnecessary removal of tent, ladders, and other accessories. The 

 Flemish, May Duke, and Morello are useful for short rows in corners ; also 

 as shelter from the wind in exposed positions, where they can be planted twice 

 as thickly as the larger growing sorts. 



Early Cherries.— Black : Early Rivers, Old Black Heart, KnigMs Early Black. 

 White : Frogmore Bigarreau, Ludwig^s Bigarreau, Elton Heart. Red : May Duke. 



Mid-Season. — White: Kent Bigarreau. Black: Black Eagle. Red: Royal Duke. 



Late. — White : Napoleon Bigarreau, Cleveland Bigarreau, Bigarreau de Mezel, 

 Emperor Francis, Florence, Windsor. Black : Waterloo, Black Tartarian, The Noble, 

 Turkey Heart. Red : Late Duke, Flemish, Kentish, Morello. 



N.B. — " White " is but a general term, as the colour of these cherries varies from pink 

 to a dull crimson. They are, however, known as white cherries in contradistinction to the 

 black and red varieties. 



GARDEN CHERRIES 



There are two ways in which these can be successfully grown : first, under 

 a permanent protection of wire-netting as bushes or pyramids, to be kept low 

 and pruned, for instance, as dwarf apple trees. They should be planted 12 

 feet apart. Trees two or three years old are the most suitable, with the 

 branches disposed in a cup-shaped form. When such a plantation is covered 

 with permanent wire-netting, until the space is filled by the cherry trees, 

 bushes of gooseberries, currants, or strawberries may be grown between them 

 for some six or eight years, thus utilising both the land and the structure before 

 the cherries come into full bearing. 



It is advisable to prune garden cherries early in the winter, as they are then 

 much less likely to gum. Some training is needful to bring them to the 

 requisite shape. When once this is obtained, a shortening of the side shoots 

 and the terminal leaders is all the pruning necessary. Very fine, well-ripened 

 fruit can thus be grown, fit for the most select dessert, and no trouble need be 

 apprehended from birds if the netting is properly fixed and secured. 



In making a selection for this purpose, a Duke variety should be planted 

 between each tree of the stronger or Heart varieties ; both the very earliest 

 and latest sorts should be included. As these pruned bushes are liable to gum 

 and die from insect attacks as well as other causes, it is well to have a small 

 stock of young trees, so that a vacancy can be filled at once by a developed 

 tree. Such reserve trees being transplanted every two years will be prepared 

 for permanent planting in the protected area without any risk or loss of crop 

 the first year, but the removal should be made in November. 



Cherries for Bush Trees, Placed in their Order of Ripening 



Very Early. — *Gteigne de Louvain, *Guigne d'Annonay, *Belle d'Orle'ans; 

 Bigarreau Jaboulay ; * Early Rivers, *Ludwig's Bigarreau, Baumann's May. 



Early. — *Knighfs Early Black, Frogmore Bigarreau, Bigarreau de Schreken, 

 * Governor Wood, *May Duke {Old), *Reine Hortense, Werder's Black, '''Belle de 

 Choisy, Elton Heart. 



