176 My GARDEN. 



the whole wall is covered. The French horticulturists often grow 

 them in "cordon oblique," — that is, a number of trees are planted 

 against a wall, about two feet apart, at an angle (fig. 331). I am assured 

 that this plan has failed in our village with apricot-trees, and I cannot 

 learn that it has succeeded well in our climate, though I have seen trees 

 so trained in France covered with fine fruit. 



CHERRIES. 



Cherry-trees do not thrive well in the soil and climate of my garden, 

 so \yhat with the imperfection of the soil which causes the foliage to be- 

 come yellow, the spring frosts which injure the foliage in May, and the 

 birds which take the fruit the climate does not spoil, I have but little 

 personal knowledge of cherries. It is true that I have planted some 

 thirty kinds of cherry-trees, but my experience is but limited, and certainly 

 a critical comparison between the different kinds is entirely out of the 

 question. Varieties are raised from seed, and propagated by grafting the 

 variety on a cherry stock. The Early Purple Gean 

 is very early (fig. 332), ripening in the orchard-house 

 in May. The Adams' Crown is a good early cherry, 

 ripening at the end of June. The May Duke is a 

 good cherry, ripening in the early part of July. 

 The Black Eagle (fig. 333), and the Bigarreau Duke 

 (fig- 334). were shown in the highest perfection at 

 the Horticultural Gardens on May 3rd, 1871, but 



Fig. 332. — Early Purple ■ i • • 



Gean.' the conditions under which they were forced were 



not stated. The Bigarreau, May Duke, and Late Duke are also excel- 

 lent varieties. 



The Morello'(fig. 335) is a magnificent cherry, which attains the 

 highest perfection in our soil. It requires the protection of netting, or 

 the birds get all the fruit. We grow this sort on dwarf bushes, 

 which are pruned in to a reasonable size. This kind of cherry is 

 generally grown on a wall. 



' All the figures of cherries are drawn one-half of their diameter. 



