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III.— BORDER COUNTFES OF ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND, 



AND OTHER FAVOURABLE SITUATIONS IN SCOTLAND. 



Breda *EaTly Moorpark 'Moorpark 



Brussels Hemskerk Roman 



IV.— VARIETIES BEST ADAPTED FOR PRESERVING. 



Alberge Moorpark Roman 



Kaisha Musch Musch Turkey 



BBEBERKIES. 



THE COMMON BERBEERY is found wild in hedgerows, and is 

 also sometimes grown in shrubberies, both as an ornamental plant, and 

 for its fruit, which is preserved in sugar, for use in the dessert. The 

 best variety to cultivate for that purpose is the following, but it is 

 difficult to be obtained true. 



STONELESS BERBERRY.— A variety of the Common Berberry, 

 without seeds. This character is not assumed tUl the shrub has become 

 aged. Young suckers, taken from an old plant of the true variety, very 

 frequently, and indeed generally, produce fertile fruit during the early 

 years of their growth ; it is, therefore, necessary that the plants be 

 taken from an aged stock, in which the stoneless character had been 

 manifested, to be certain that the variety is correct. 



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CHEREIES. 



SYNOPSIS OF OHBREIES. 



All the varieties of cultivated cherries consist of eight races, into 

 which I have arranged them : — I. The sweet, heart-shaped cherries, 

 with tender and dark-coloured flesh and skin, I have called Black 

 Gbans. II. The pale-coloured, sweet cherries, with tender and 

 translucent flesh and skin, I have distinguished by the name of Ebd 

 Gbans. III. Dark-coloured, sweet cherries, with somewhat of the 

 Bigarreau character. Their flesh is not so firm and crackling as that 

 of the Bigarreaus, but considerably harder than in the Black Geans, 

 and these I propose to call Black Hearts. IV. Includes the White 

 Hearts or Bigarreaus, properly so called, with red or light-coloured 



