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PEACH 



in outline, beautiful rich yellow, flushed 

 with bright red on the sunny side. 



The tree is a vigorous grower and 

 succeeds as a bush, pyramid, or standard. 

 Late Duke (D). — A valuable richly 

 flavoured Cherry, ripe from the middle of 

 August. Fruit large, bright shining red, 

 becoming deeper in colour with ripeness. 



Succeeds as a standard, pyramid, bush, 

 or against a wall. 



May Duke (D). — This is one of the 

 finest of the Duie Cherries, being tender 

 and juicy in flavour, and ripe early in 

 July. Fruit large, bright red at first, 

 becoming deep rich red when ripe. 



The tree is a free grower with an 

 upright habit, and succeeds as a standard, 

 bush, or pyramid. 



* Morello (M). — An excellent cook- 

 ing or preserving Cherry, ripe in July and 

 August, but improving by hanging late 

 on the tree into September. Fruit large, 

 deep red, becoming deeper in colour, 

 almost black if allowed to hang late. 



The tree is a slender graceful grower 

 with a spreading habit and drooping 

 shoots. It bears well as a standard, but 

 may also be trained against a north wall, 

 where the fruits attain a greater size and 

 ripen later. 



The ' Wye ' Morello, which has 

 smaller fruits, but equally rich in flavour, 

 succeeds well as a standard or half- 

 standard. 



Morello Cherries require somewhat 

 difl:erent treatment from other Cherries 

 in regard to pruning. The methods em- 

 ployed for the Peach and Nectarine (p. 

 1080) will suit them well. As long as 

 the shoots are thinned out a little where 

 required in autumn, leaving the remaining 

 ones plenty of room to develop, Morello 

 Cherries require little attention in this 

 respect. 



Royal Duke (D). — A handsome and 

 deliciously flavom-ed Cherry, ripe about 

 the middle of July. Fruit large, flattish, 

 deep and clear shining red, never becom- 

 ing black with over ripeness 



The tree is a strong and upright 

 grower and bears abundantly. It suc- 

 ceeds as a standard and also forms a 

 fine compact pyramid. 



Waterloo (G). — An excellent and 

 highly flavoured Cherry, ripe at the end 

 of Jime and beginning of July. Fruit 

 large, dark purple and brownish-red, 

 covered with paler dots, and becoming 

 almost black when fully ripe. 



The tree grows freely and bears well. 

 It succeeds best as a standard, but may 

 also be grown against a wall. 



Werder's Early Black (G).— A valu- 

 able rich and highly flavoured Cherry, 

 usually ripe enough for use about the mid- 

 dle of June. Fruit very large, deep shining 

 black, with a deep suture on one side. 



The tree grows vigorously and bears 

 heavy crops with great regularity. It 

 flourishes as a standard. 



List of Dessert Cherries in order of 

 ripening. Those marked with an asterisk 

 (*) are suitable for small gardens. 



June. — Early Purple Geau, * Early 

 Jaboulay, * Early Elvers, * Werder's 

 Early Black, Empress Eugenie. 



July. — Black Tartarian, * Black Eagle, 

 Waterloo, Governor Wood, Archduke, 

 * May Duke, * Elton, Royal Duke, 

 Duchess de Palluau, Biggarreau. 



August. — Late Duke, * Bigarreau 

 Napoleon, Late Bigarreau. 



Cheeeibs/o)- cooking and preserving 

 * Kentish, * Morello. 



THE PEACH and NECTARINE 



(Peunus Pbesica). — The Peach and Necta- 

 rine are not only forms of the same 

 species {Prunus Persica, which has been 

 described at p. 362), but they are also so 

 similar in tastes that what suits one is as 

 a rule also agreeable to the other. When 

 in fruit they are readily distinguished 

 from each other — the fruit of the Peach 

 being covered with a more or less woolly 

 down, while that of the Nectarine is quite 

 smooth. But in winter, when the branches 

 are leafless, it is practically impossible to 

 distinguish one from the other. 



An examination of the fohage shows 

 that the leaves of some varieties have 

 serrate edges, while others are crenate and 

 have either roundish or kidney-shaped 

 glands on the leaf stalk, or none at all. 

 As a rule the varieties with serrate leaves 

 are destitute of glands, and curiously 

 enough are considered to be more subject 

 to attacks of mildew than the crenate- 

 leaved varieties which are usually fur- 

 nished with glands. It is just possible 

 that these glands may serve some useful 

 purpose in warding off attacks of mildew, 

 or they may perform some ser-vice analo- 

 gous to the bacteria nodules on the roots 

 of Leguminous Plants (see pp. 70, S22). 

 Sometimes there is one gland at each side 

 of the leaf stalk, sometimes two, and very 

 rarely three. 



