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extensively cultivated in India. Its long, slender roots yield a 

 blue dye, wliicli by different mordants is cbanged from pale to a 

 very deep red, witb whicli turbans and bandkercHefs are dyed. 



Cheese Rennet, a common name for Galium mrum, a peren- 

 nial of tbe Madder family (Eubiacese), native of this country, 

 growing in meadows and roadsides, and conspicuous for its pale 

 yellow flowers ; it bas been long known to bave tbe power of 

 curdling milk. Tbe roots are of a bluisb colour, and yield a 

 dye equal to madder, for tbe making of wbicb it is extensively 

 collected. 



Cherimoyer, tbe name of tbe fruit of Anona GhmmoUa, a 

 tree of tbe Custard Apple family (Anonaceee). A loose, spread- 

 ing tree attaining a beigbt of 20 to 25 feet. It is a native of, as 

 well as cultivated in, most parts of tropical America, and also in 

 Jamaica and otber West Indian Islands. Tbe fruit is somewbat 

 oblong, 2 to 5 incbes in diameter, of a ligbt-green colour, witb 

 wbite pulp and a few black seeds ; it is bigbly esteemed, and 

 considered by some to be tbe finest fruit in tbe world. 



Cherry (Gerasus vulgaris), Wild Cberry or Gean {Gerasus 

 avium), moderate-sized trees of tbe Plum family (Drupacese). 

 Both are found wild in this country, and are widely distributed 

 over Southern Europe and tbe temperate countries of Western 

 Asia. It is generally admitted that these are tbe parents of 

 tbe numerous fine varieties of cherries now cultivated. It is 

 also thought by some botanists that the supposed species G, 

 diCTac%na, G, Juhana, and (7. capvniana, said to be natives of 

 Southern Europe, have, by cross breeding, contributed to produce 

 some of the fine sorts of cherries. 



Cherries being a favourite early fruit are extensively culti- 

 vated in this country, large cherry orchards being common in 

 many Southern counties ; they are not only valued as dessert 

 fruits, but are made into tarts and pies, and preserved in various 

 ways. In G-ermany a spirit called Kirschwasser is made from a 

 small black variety, as is also in France the liqueur called 

 Maraschino, and Eatafia from a variety of the morello cherry. 

 In the preparation of these liqueurs the fruit, stone, and kernel 



