The Cherry. 



for fuel. But, nothing is easier to propagate or to plant, 

 and the tree will thrive in almost any soil that is not 

 too wet. 



180. The SEED, as is well known, is a little cherry. 

 These are gathered when ripe, mixed with sand at once, 

 four gallons of sand to one of cherries ; the heap (which 

 may be placed in a shed or a cellar) is turned frequently; 

 and, in the month of January or February, the mixture is 

 sowed in all respects as has been directed for Beech-nuts. 



181. The same care, or rather more, must be taken with 

 regard to mice; for the seeds must be sowed very early in 

 the year, lest they should sprout while in the heap, which 

 they are very apt to do, and if they sprout they are spoiled. 

 The greatest care must be taken to keep the young plants 

 free from weeds; for, if these be suffered to grow, the plants 

 will hardly live, and, at any rate, a whole year will be lost. 



182. The TRANSPLANTING into the nursery, the 

 sorting into classes, the pruning of the roots, and the final 

 putting out into PLANTATIONS, are the same, in all 

 respects (except as to distances in the plantations), as 

 directed in the case of the Ash. 



183. But, as to DISTANCES in plantations, the Cherry 

 being of no use as underwood, ought not to be planted at 

 nearer than five or six feet; for the young trees are good for 

 very little, and the tree naturally branches out widely. 

 The tree ought to be pruned as it grows up, but always 

 in time; the lower side-shoots ought to be kept cut off close 

 to the stem, in such manner as to leave three or four years* 

 growth above where you prune. You then get a stem to 

 the length that you wish, quite clear from knots and knobs ^ 



