118 THE MUSriATUKE PEUIT GAEDEN 



The mode of operation in removing pyramidal 

 cherries is the same as that recommended for pears 

 and apples, &c. It will be found, however, that more 

 labour is required, for in two years the cherry on the 

 common stock, like the apple on the crab, makes a 

 vigorous attempt to lay hold of its parent earth. The 

 second year the tree may be lifted by digging a trench 

 round its stem, one foot distant and 16 inches deep. 

 The fourth year this trench must be 18 inches from the 

 stem, and 20 inches deep ; the sixth year it should be 

 two feet from the stem, and two feet deep. This distance 

 and depth need not be departed from if the trees are 

 required to be only fair-sized pyramids ; the straggling 

 roots beyond this circumference should be biennially 

 pruned off with the knife. The tree managed thus will 

 soon be in a mature fruitful state, and its roots a mass 

 of fibres, so that when removed it will, like the rhodo- 

 dendron, receive only a healthy check. 



Pyramidal Bigarreau and Heart cherries, cultivated 

 after the method above given, may be plaated in small 

 grass orchards, with pyramidal pears on pear stocks, 

 pyramidal apples on crab stocks, and pyramidal plums. 

 A charming orchard in miniature may thus be formed. 

 Oattle and sheep must, of course, be excluded, and a 

 wire fence, enclosing a space from three to four feet in 

 diameter, should be round each tree. This space must 

 be kept free from grass and weeds. 



The following varieties form handsome pyramidal 

 trees, and bear fruit of the finest quality : — 



