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368 POMEROY ON FRUIT PLANTATIONS, 
The present generation has to regret a great want 
of attention in their predecessors, in the choice of their 
fruits, in a considerable proportion of the aggregate 
plantation, a total neglect; this consisting of the bare 
spontaneous production of accident, notwithstanding 
they had fruits to choose from, perhaps equal to any 
art can produce. A just idea of the importance of this 
neglect may be formed, by comparing the great differ¬ 
ence in the price the better and inferior sorts bear, and 
will no doubt have due influence with the planter of 
fhe present day. Indifference in this point, would 
be the more unpardonable, as it is not for future ages 
alone he plants; he often lives to share abundantly the 
cheering offspring ofhis labour. 
When young orchards are planted out of the hop 
grounds, and the distances now recommended are ob¬ 
served, might not cherries be advailtageously planted 
in the rows between the apple trees ? It is said to be 
practised in some fruit districts, and with success. 
They bear, and reach their full growth, much sooner 
than the latter, and produce a very lucrative crop. In 
the neighbourhood of Worcester, there are about 
twenty acres in cherry orchards, now in perfection; 
ten of which are known to be let for JOOl. per annum, 
the remaining ten are not in any respect inferior to the 
others, and probably bring, nearly at least, the same 
rent; and yet, such is the demand for the fruit, that 
the market, three times a week, opens by three or four 
o’clock in the morning, and is generally cleared before 
seven. 
It appears extraordinary, that a doubt can possibly 
arise, whether or no the two additional crops of the 
fruit and hop districts operate ultimately to the advan¬ 
tage of the occupiers. In this .county, about six thou¬ 
sand 
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