CHERRIES AS PYRAMIDS. 



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The following arrangement will assist the planter : — 



SECTION I.— The Mat Duke Tribe. 

 Arch. Duke* Belle de Cboisy 



May Duke* Nouvelle Koyale 



Eoyal Duke* Empress Eugenie 



Jeffrey's Duke Duchesse de Palluau 



SECTION II.— The Morello Tribe. 



Carnation (Coe's Late)* 

 Kentish 

 Late Duke* 

 Griotte de Chaux* 



Morello* 

 Eeine Hortense* 

 Belle Magniflque 

 Planchoury 



Cherries planted on the Cerasns Mahaleb are emi- 

 nently adapted for espaliers, or for walls, as they 

 occupy less space, and are much more fertile. They 

 may be planted twelve feet apart, whereas espaliers 

 on the cherry stock require to he planted eighteen or 

 twenty feet apart. For potting, for forcing, cherries 

 on this stock are highly eligible, as they are very pro- 

 lific. 1 



CHEREIES ON VERTICAL COEDONS. 



The varieties best adapted for this very interesting 

 mode of culture are those of the Duke tribe, such as 

 the May Duke, Arch Duke, Empress Eugenie, Royal 

 Duke, Nouvelle E-oyale, Duchesse de Palluau, and 

 some others. They require the same summer pinch- 

 ing as that recommended for vertical cordon pears, p. 

 42. Nothing can be more charming than these cor- 

 don cherry trees. I have at this moment trees only 

 two years old, of the Duke tribe, with their bright 

 ripe fruit hanging close to the stem, and shining 

 through the net that protects them from the birds. 



1 Cherry trees are often infested in summer with the black aphis. The best 

 remedy is a mixture made by boiling four ounces of quassia chips in a gallon of 

 soft water ten minutes, and dissolving in it as it cools four ounces of soft soap. It 

 should be stirred, and the trees syringed with it twice or thrice. The day follow- 

 ing, they should be syringed with pure water. 



