THE CHERRY. 



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THE CHEEEY. 



Soil. — The cherry prefers a dry to a damp situation, 

 and a sandy, and, most of all, chalky soil of medium 

 consistency. 



Grafting, — The cherry is grafted on two kinds of 

 stocks, the St. Lucie plum and wild cherry. The St. 

 Lucie plum is preferable for low- stemmed trees of 

 whatever form. These trees both look better, and 

 accommodate themselves more easily to all situations. 

 The stocks from the wild cherry produce the most 

 vigorous trees, but are more liable to gum, and require 

 a better soil. They are only suitable for tall standards. 



The shield graft is the kind generally used, except 

 for the wild cherry stock, which may be grafted with 

 the cleft or crown graft, if too old for the shield graft. 

 The St. Lucie is shield grafted at the beginning of 

 September, the wild cherry in August. 



Varieties, — About eighty varieties of the cherry are 

 cultivated ; we recommend the following selection for 

 coming to maturity at successive periods : — 



[The cherry thrives best in a light sandy loam upon 

 a dry sub-soil, and the stock most suitable for English 

 culture (except for pots in orchard houses) is that 



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