PYRAMIDAL CHERRIES. 



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and gum, owing to their trusting entirely to pruning 

 their trees severely in summer and winter, without 

 attending to their roots ; the trees thus being full of 

 vigor make strong shoots, only to be pinched and cut 

 'off. We must " manage these things better" in Eng- 

 land. 



The mode of operation in removing pyramidal 

 cherries is the same as that recommended for pears 

 and apples, &c. It will be found, however, that more 

 labor is required, for in two years the cherry on the 

 common stock, like the apple on the crab, makes a 

 vigorous attempt to lay hold of its parent earth. The 

 second year the tree may be lifted by digging a trench 

 round its stem, one foot from it and 16 inches deep. 

 The fourth year this trench must be made 18 inches 

 from the stem and 20 inches deep ; the sixth year it 

 should be 2 feet from the stem and 2 feet deep. This 

 distance and depth need not be departed from if the 

 trees are required to be only fair-sized pyramids ; the 

 straggling roots beyond this circumference should be 

 biennially pruned off with the knife. The tree man- 

 aged thus will soon be in a mature, fruitful state, 

 and its roots a mass of fibres, so that when removed 

 it will, like the rhododendron, receive only a healthy 

 check. 



Pyramidal Bigarreau and Heart cherries, cultivated 

 after the method above given, may be planted in 

 small grass orchards, with pyramidal pears on pear 

 stocks, pyramidal apples on crab stocks, and pyramidal 

 plums. A charming orchard in miniature may thus 

 be formed. Cattle and sheep must, of course, be 

 excluded. 



