210 THE KITCHEN-GARDEN, [chap. vii. 
renovated by a little rotten dung laid on 
the surface, and frequently watered to wash 
its juices into the soil, without disturbing 
the roots. Plum-trees bear on what are 
called spurs, which are short rugged-looking 
little branches, jutting out from the shoots 
of two or three years’ growth. The same 
spurs bear more than once, and often con¬ 
tinue fruitful several years. Plum-trees are 
generally trained horizontally. The kinds 
are very numerous, but the Green-gage and 
Orleans are, perhaps, the most popular. 
Plum-trees should be twenty feet apart, if 
all dwarfs; but dwarfs and riders alternately 
may be only fifteen feet apart. 
The Cherry . — Only the finer kinds of 
cherries are grown against walls; and the 
tree, in its native localities, delights in a 
dry sandy soil, and elevated airy situation. 
When cultivated, it will thrive in any com¬ 
mon garden soil which is tolerably open; 
and it is not injured by manure applied 
moderately, and in a perfectly rotten state. 
The cherry is trained horizontally, and bears 
on spurs springing from both the old and 
the new wood. As the branches are con- 
