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is ripe, and it is required to be kept on the trees 

 for some time. I have no hesitation in saying there 

 are some varieties which can be kept in excellent 

 condition for the space of one month. The best 

 keeping cherry is the Early Rivers. Cherries, 

 generally speaking, are not adapted for forcing, 

 but the best kind for that purpose is the May 

 Duke, and some people have been fairly success- 

 ful with the Early Rivers, Elton, Frogmore, Bigar- 

 reau, Guigne Annonay, and a few other kinds. 



All the best dessert cherries (and these are 

 the Bigarreaus and Hearts), especially the black 

 varieties, can be grown with excellent results in a 

 cool house. Undoubtedly the Early Rivers' cherry 

 is the cherry |jftr excellence. 



Apples and peaes. — The best dessert apples 

 and pears are all worthy of pot culture, and for an 

 ideal apple and pear the preference must be given 

 to Cox's Orange Pippin apple and to Doyenne 

 du Comice pear respectively. 



There are also some excellent ^'arieties of 

 kitchen apples which are worthy of a place in any 

 collection, and are well worth growing, being large, 

 beautiful, and useful. Where fruits are grown for 

 exhibition purposes, they should certainly be in- 

 cluded. Their names are as follows : — 



The Queen. Emperor Alexander. 



Blenheim Orange. Cox's Pomona. 



