FOR PROFIT 85 



DUKE CHERRIES. 



These are not much grown for market, as they 

 ripen early, and have such tender skins that the birds 

 play havoc with the crop, which moreover does not 

 come to gather all at one time. Where a warm spot 

 will admit, a few might be tried, as they sometimes 

 pay well. All are close upright growers. In France 

 they are called " English." 



12. May Duke — Upright growth; bright red fruit. 



13. Royal Duke — Large and fine. 



14. Archduke — Large shining blackish-red fruit. 



15. Late Duke — Crops freely, and comes quite late ; 

 good. 



RED AND MORELLO CHERRIES. 



16 and 17. Kentish or English, and Flemish — Are 

 very similar, and form compact and pretty trees. 

 They always make a good price, and are good nurses 

 to plant on the outsides of orchards. They are not 

 much for dessert, but invaluable for jam making or 

 drying, and bear freely about every other year. These 

 are the Montmorency Cherries of France. 



18. Morello — Is worth growing as a standard, and 

 bears freely, and produces very fine fruit, while as 

 bushes they are most lucrative. 



Before dismissing Cherries, we cannot but remark that 

 many empty walls about the farm and farm buildings 

 on the shady side, that will not do for Pears and Plums, 

 could be advantageously planted with Morello Cherries. 

 Such fruit can be netted, and if sent up neatly packed 

 two layers in a box, bring 6d. to is. per lb., sometimes 

 more. After all it is these little matters that tell up, 

 and trees cost little to keep in order; pruning once a 

 year being all that is necessary. 



