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them for some three or four years, or till they become 

 stout enough to stand without support. 



Damsons are remarkably fertile and do not require 

 pruning , in fact, the best treatment is to leave them 

 alone, as a very acute boy defined the proper course of 

 doing his duty to his neighbour. The best sorts for 

 planting are the Cluster or Crittenden Damson, the 

 Prune or Shropshire, and the Common; the white 

 Damson is a garden tree which makes a delicious 

 preserve but is not a market sort. The Bullace, re- 

 quiring the same treatment as the Damson, makes a 

 very productive pyramid. 



CHERRIES AS BUSHES AND PYRAMIDS 

 ON THE MAHALEB STOCK (CBRASUS 

 MAHALEB) 



This stock has long been known in our shrubberies as 

 the ' perfumed cherry ' ; its wood when burned emits 

 a most agreeable perfume. In France it is called ' Bois 

 de Ste. Lucie,' and it has been used there for dwarf 

 cherries for very many years. My attention was called 

 to it in France some twenty or more years ago, since 

 which I have used it extensively, annually increasing 

 my culture. Its great recommendation is, that cherries 

 grafted on it will flourish in soils unfavourable to them 

 on the common cherry stock, such as strong white clay 



