114 GARDENING FoR ALL. 
In the summer of 1890, I saw a cherry tree in a garden 
at Cawston, in Norfolk, apparently perfectly protected by a 
framework covered with close netting ; but, alas! a blackbird 
had found his way in to the fruit and was having a delicious 
feast. I donot know the fate of that blackbird but I can 
imagine the feelings of the owner of the cherries. 
The management of cherries upon walls is similar to that 
advised for apricots—disbudding in spring, pinching to five 
or six leaves in summer, and judicious thinning out where 
required, and cutting the spurs closer back in winter. 
Morello cherries are not so liable to the depredations of 
birds, and may he grown, with a view to profit, both as dwarf 
bushes in the open and on walls that are unsuitable for plums, 
apricots, pears, &c. 
PEACH.— (Prunus Persica). 
Perhaps the peach cannot properly be considered a 
hardy fruit, and therefore not exactly in place in this book ; 
but as doubtless some readers may have one or more peach 
trees in their gardens, or are very desirous of growing peaches 
on the open walls they possess, a few hints about the manage- 
ment of peach trees may be acceptable. 
The culture of the peach out-of-doors is not successful in 
many districts north of the Trent, but south of that river 
there are few places where good crops cannot be obtained, 
under careful management, from trees grown on walls. 
The best aspects for peach trees are south, south-east, or 
south-west. The roots ought not to be allowed to go more 
than two feet deep. A firm border of loamy soil, with a good 
admixture of old mortar, will suit the peach tree admirably. 
Shoots varying in strength from the thickness of a quill to 
that of an ordinary cedar wood pencil are the kind to aim at 
obtaining ; they will be well nourished, well ripened, and 
fruitful. 
Disbud in spring with a bold hand; few amateurs do 
enough in this way; many are afraid and do not do any. 
About five out of six of the young shoots want removing with 
finger and thumb as soon as they appear upon their parent 
shoot. Leave just sufficient to furnish the fruit-bearing wood 
