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18. Kentish or Flemish Cherry, — Ripens about the 

 beginning of August. This is one of our commonestj 

 and formerly most extensively cultivated varieties : 

 not only in the county whence it is named, but in 

 every place where a light sandy loam upon a dry 

 bottom prevailed. Notwithstanding the large annual 

 income accruing to the proprietors from Kentish 

 cherry orchards, the cultivation of the kind has 

 rather fallen off of late, a preference being given to 

 the biggareau. 



Some writers have endeavoured to make a dis- 

 tinction between the Kentish and Flemish cherries ; 

 because Miller used the first, and Langley the 

 second name, though in fact they are identical. In 

 a lately published catalogue, one is said to have an 

 aqueous" while the other has " a watery" sap, which 

 is a distinction without a difference. 



The principal use of this cherry is for the pur- 

 poses of the cook and confectioner : it being seldom 

 seen in the dessert, unless very well ripened in dry 

 weather ; in wet weather it is liable to crack. The 

 trees form thick bushy heads, requiring thirty feet 

 distances in the orchard, or wherever they are 

 planted as standards ; indeed, they should never be 

 planted to be trained in any other way. 



19. Harrison's Heart Cherry, — Ripe about the 

 end of August. This variety very much resembles 

 the biggareau in many respects, the fruit, though 

 inferior, are larger, and not so highly coloured ; the 

 shoots are also more spreading, and the leaves more 

 indented. It cannot be compared to the biggareau, 



