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THE FRUIT GARDEN 



Mid-Season.— Waterloo Heart, *Royal Duke; ^Kentish Bigarreauj *Black Eagle, 

 Flemish afid Kentish Red, * Emperor Francis, * Archduke, Ramon Oliva. 



hhT^.— * Cleveland Bigarreau; *Bigarreau hapoldonj *Nouvelle Royale, Bohemian 

 Black, *De Mezel, *The Noble, Noir de Schmidt, * Giant de Hedelfingen, Noir de Guben, 

 *Late Duke Ronalds. 



l^AT-EST.— Florence, * Black Tartarian, St. Margaret's, * Windsor, Morello, -"Guigne 

 de Winkler. Those marked with an asterisk are most desirable for pot culture. 



CHERRY TREES ON WALLS 



By OWEN THOMAS 



There is no doubt that the best cherries, as regards size, appearance, and 

 superior flavour, are obtained from trees grown on a wall with a south, south- 

 west, or west aspect. Provided the trees have had intelligent cultivation, the 

 dessert cherry will succeed on walls with any aspect. At the Royal Gardens, 



Windsor, we had them even on north walls, 

 where they seldom had the advantage of a 

 gleam of sunshine, yet they never failed to 

 produce satisfactory crops, and, what will 

 seem perhaps more surprising, is the fact 

 that the quality of the fruit was excellent. 

 As the cherry will prove a success on walls 

 with such various aspects, where it is desired 

 to prolong the cherry season, plant a number 

 of trees against a north wall, not only late 

 varieties, but the best-flavoured early and 

 mid-season varieties as well. 



As regards the preparation of the ground 

 (3) First at fifth leaf; (c) lateral to one leaf ; for planting, little need be said here, as the 



Itte'^r'^runint'' '"' '"'' ''' '""' °' instructions given for preparing the border 



for the peach or the pear will answer 

 equally well for the cherry. As I have already stated, a somewhat marly 

 soil suits the cherry best. In this soil, with good drainage and proper watering 

 and mulching in hot weather, it will grow to perfection. If the land the 

 cultivator has to deal with is of a very heavy and clayey nature, then the best 

 system to adopt to bring this into proper condition for planting is to burn 

 the clay, afterwards adding to each cartload two barrow-loads of road scrap- 

 ings, burnt refuse or wood ashes, the same quantity of brick rubble broken 

 small, and old mortar rubble. When the whole is turned over and mixed add 

 a good sprinkling of fresh lime. On the other hand, should the land be light, 

 marl should be applied ; as such land is generally poor, a couple of barrow-loads 

 of well-decayed manure may be added with each cartload of soil, as well as a 

 liberal dusting of lime when mixing. I have been careful not to recommend 

 the addition of manure to fertile soil for the cherry, for the greatest trouble one 

 has to guard against in cultivating a young and healthy cherry tree is gross 

 growth ; if gross branches are produced, gumming and canker generally follow. 



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