ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GARDENING. 
latter unless very strong. Always cut back if possible to a triple 
bud. ‘Train previous year’s shoots 2 to 3in. apart all over tree. 
Remove a small proportion of shoots that have borne fruit annually 
to make room for new ones. Fruit buds, conical, downy. Wood 
buds, pointed, narrow. Disbud, i.e., rub off young shoots, April, 
May, & June, removing those growing out of front of branches, & 
reducing those issuing trom the sides of previous year’s shoots to 6in. 
apart each side. Train young shoots when 3 to 61n. long to the wall. 
Protect blossoms from frost by covering of tiffany or fish netting in 
Feb. & March. Thin fruit when size of a hazel nut to 3 or 4in. 
apart; again when size of a walnut to 10 & 12in. apart. Average 
number of fruit for a full-grown tree to carry, about 240. Mulch 
with decayed manure in March or April. Apply stimulants occa- 
sionally, April to Aug. Suitable artificial manures: (1) l}oz. salt & 
30z. soot per square yard, applied in March; (2) 1 part (by weight) 
crude magnesium sulphate, 6 parts muriate of potash, 18 parts bone 
superphosphate forked into the soil at the rate of 71b. per tree after 
pruning; (3) $]b. kainit, 31b. each of superphosphate & nitrate of 
soda, 14 1b. salt, applied as advised for No. 2. iquid manure: Nitrate 
of soda 40z. to gallon; guano loz. to gallon; horse & cow manure 
diluted one-third—all applied in spring & summer. UNDER Guass: 
Soil, planting, pruning, manuring, same as for outdoors. Temp. for 
forcing: Jan. 40° to 50°; Feb. 45° to 55°; March & onwards, 55° to 
65°. Disbud when shoots are an inch or so long. Syringe twice daily 
until blossoms open, then cease; commencing again when fruit forms, 
& discontinuing when it begins to ripen. Ventilate freely in summer. 
Thin the fruit when the size of a hazel nut to 3 or 4in. apart; & 
again when as large as a walnut to a foot apart. Water border 
thoroughly in Jan. or Feb., again in March, May, July, & Sept. 
Apply stimulants, March, May, July, & Sept. Trees 1n Pors: Com- 
post, two parts decayed turfy loam, one part well-decayed manure, a 
quarter part crushed bones, & a tablespoonful of superphosphate to 
each bushel. Pot, Nov. Stand the trees in a sheltered corner till 
Jan., when remove to greenhouse. Water moderately at first, freely 
in spring & summer, none in winter. Pruning, manuring, etc., as 
advised above. 
CULTURE OF CHERRY: Soil, rich, sandy; stiff or gravelly unsuit- 
able. Position, standards, pyramids, & bushes open & sunny; 
May Duke & early kinds on S. & W. walls or fences; 
Bigarreau & Morello on E. or N. walls. Plant standards 25 ft. 
apart; pyramids, 15ft.; horizontal or fan-trained, 15ft.; bush- 
trained, 5 to 8ft.; cordons, 18in. Cost of trees, each: Cordons, 
2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d.; pyramids, 1s. 6d. to 2s. 6d.; fan-trained, 2s. 6d. to 
3s. 6d.; standards, 1s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. Time to plant, Oct. to Feb. 
Depth for roots, 6in. Stocks for standard trees, seedling Duke or 
Morello; for dwarf trees, Mahaleb Cherry. Mode of bearing: Morello 
bears fruit along full length of shoot of previous year’s growth; other 
kinds at base of shoots only, called “spurs.” Pruning: Standards, 
simply remove branches when too thick; pyramids & bushes, cut back 
all shoots to 3in. in July, except those required to form branches, 
which leave 6 or 8in.; cordons, cut all shoots except leading one 
similarly; horizontal & fan-trained, cut back side shoots to 3in., 
leading ones to Gin, in July; Morello, remove old or weak shoots 
only in Dec. Winter pruning consists of removal of dead or over- 
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