63 



5owts. bone meal, at 5s. per cwt., put 



in holes dug for trees 1 5 



135 two-year-old trees, at 135s. per 100 



(distance 18ft. apart) 9 2 3 



1,075 currants at 7s. 6d. per 100 (at 



6ft. apart) 4 7 



Planting trees and bushes 1 



Strawberries planted between 36in. by 



ISins 4 



£21 7 10 



At the present time the cost of preparation of 

 land would be about £3; the cost of bone 

 meal 14s. per cwt. ; and the cost of currants 

 £2 per 100. 



The Morello cherries were of bush 

 shape, commencing to branch about a foot 

 from the ground. They were carefully, 

 but lightly pruned every year, thinning 

 out the slender branches. In gathering, 

 the stems were cut by scissors by women, 

 a: it was found that pulling brought away 

 t'.ie buds for next year. They were sent to 

 market in gallon baskets, and sold well. 

 When the trees were about 15 years old 

 my successor told me that the cherries 

 and red currants from this acre had 

 yielded £60 that year, but it was an excep- 

 tionally good year, whilst I had them the 

 Morello cherries fetched about 4d. per lb. 



The order of ripening of cherries, as 



given me by Mr. Arthur Amos, is approxi- 

 mately as follows : — Early Purple Gean, 

 Early Kivers, Adam's Crown Heart, Early 

 Frogmore, Knight's Early Black, Black 

 Heart, May Duke, Black Eagle, Flemish, 

 Turkey Heart or 'Turk, Florence, Kentish 

 Cluster or v^rown, Morello. 



The following gives an idea of the pre- 

 war prices of cherries per half bushel, of 

 241bs. : — Kent Blacks, 3s. 6d, to 4s. 6d. ; 

 Ambers, 4s. 6d. to 5s. 6d. ; Frogmore, 3s. ; 

 Flemish, 4s. ; Black Eagles, 5s. ; Water- 

 loos, 6s. to 7s. ; Napoleons, 7s. to 10s. ; 

 Turks, 7s. ; Florence, 6s. 6d. 



The order of flowering is approximately, 

 Early:— Old Black Heart, Rivers' Early 

 Black, Adam's Crown, Corone, Turk, 

 Governor Wood, Elton. 



Late — Black Eagle, Knight's Early 

 Black, Waterloo, Frogmore Bigarreau, 

 Amber Bigarreau, Rivers' Bigarreau, 

 Florence, ISlapoleon,' May Duke, Motello. 



My observations for a few years showed 

 cherries of different varieties were in 

 flower an average of 22 days, being in full 

 flower on the 7th or 8th day after com- 

 mencing to flower. 



There are two leaf diseases that injure 

 the cherry, also black aphis and cherry 

 slug are sometimes troublesome. 



