By Thomas Andrew Knight, Esq. 295 



Not entertaining any doubt of the specific identity of the 

 Morello and common Cherry, I made experiments upon a 

 large scale, confidently anticipating the production of some 

 very valuable new varieties ; and I had in consequence not 

 less than twenty trees, which afforded blossoms in the last 

 season. Buds of many of these had been inserted into the 

 bearing branches of old Cherry trees, which were trained to 

 walls of different aspects ; and blossoms, which were all ap- 

 parently well organized and perfect, were every where abun- 

 dantly produced, but very nearly all proved abortive. From 

 a south wall I obtained five Cherries from nearly as many 

 thousand blossoms, and four of these did not contain seeds. 

 One variety was very large, and nearly similar in colour to its 

 male parent, the Elton Cherry ; but its colour was somewhat 

 deeper. Its flesh was white and melting, with very abundant 

 juice ; but containing only a small portion of saccharine 

 matter. The others were worthless, and all the plants are, 

 I believe, unquestionably mules. 



As a species of fruit I consider the Morello Cherry to pre- 

 sent very strong claims to the attention of the Horticulturist. 

 The hardiness of its blossoms, which I have found to be alike 

 patient of heat and cold ; the large size of the fruit, with its 

 abundant juice, and power of retaining its soundness and 

 perfection long after it has become mature ; and the exube- 

 rant produce of the tree in situations where the common 

 Cherry succeeds but ill, render it, with all its present imper- 

 fections most valuable : and there appears to be no reason- 

 able ground for doubt, but that richer and possibly larger 

 varieties of it may be generated by proper culture through a 

 few successive generations. Should the fruit become rich, a 

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