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where it is next to impossible to dislodge them. I need scarcely say that the 

 points of the shoots when cut oiF should be carefully collected and burnt 

 without delay. The trees should then be washed late in the evening by means 

 of a syringe or the garden-engine, using a solution of paraffin, soft soap, and 

 tobacco juice in the proportion of half-a-pint of paraffin to three gallons of water ; 

 half-a-pound also of soft soap and half-a-pint of tobacco juice added, the whole to 

 be mixed together as hot as the hand can bear the water. One application of 

 this mixture, if thoroughly applied, will rid the trees of the enemy ; the solution 

 should be washed off early next morning. It is far better to prevent the fly 

 securing a hold by watching for its first appearance in spring, and then to nip it 

 in the bud by a timely application of the above remedy. 



Varieties for Walls and Culture Under Glass 



Frogmore Early Bigarreau, Bigarreau Heart or White Heart, Bigarreau Monstrueux 

 de Mezel, Bigarreau Napoleon, Elton Heart, Emperor Francis, Florence, Governor 

 Wood, May Duke, Late Duke, Guigne d'Atinonay, Guigne de Louvain, Belle d Orleans, 

 Archduke, Waterloo Heart, The Noble, St. Margaret's, Knighfs Early Black, Early 

 Rivers, Black Tartarian, Bigarreau Jaboulay, Bigarreau de Schreken, Gdant de Hedel- 

 fingen. Mammoth, Bigarreau Heart. 



Of Morello Cherries . Flemish Red, Kentish Red. 



THE BEST CHERRIES 



By GEORGE BUNYARD 



In preparing a list of cherries, it has been thought best to make a selection 

 of the most useful and distinct only, having regard to the duration of the 

 ripening period, their fertility, and to their use as choice dessert garden fruits 

 and profitable cherry orchard fruits. 



It was considered desirable also to give descriptions of their foliage, which 

 being taken from young free trees of two and three years old, may differ slightly 

 from the leafage of established trees, whether in gardens, on walls, or in 

 orchards. The fruits have been figured from standard orchard trees, and there- 

 fore are not so large as fruits grown in an orchard house or upon walls. The 

 form, however, is the same.^ 



Archduke. — Fruit, large, shining, deep blood red, rich, juicy, and refreshing ; 

 foliage, resembles May Duke ; growth, upright, compact and leafy, fruits borne freely in 

 clusters, good for pot culture ; season, mid-season. The fruit is similar to Royal Duke. 

 Fertility excellent. 



Belle de Choisy. — Fruit, almost transparent, pinkish red, tender, juicy, and 

 sweet ; stalk, thin ; foliage, deep green, flat and shining, very broad, roundish, heavily 

 notched ; growth, vigorous, drooping leaves far apart. Fertility moderate. 



Belle d'Orl^ans. — Fruit, medium size, pink, almost transparent ; flesh, very- 

 tender, sweet, rich, and juicy ; foliage, pale yellowish green, flimsy, oval shape with 

 lance-like points ; glands, verj' large ; stipules, clasping the growth ; growth, moderate, 

 leaves drooping, few. A very fine cherry, suitable for walls and pot culture ; season, 

 very early. F'ertility good. 



