1874.] 
FOECING CHERRIES IN POTS. 
121 
BIGAEREAU CHERRIES. 
WITH AN ILLUSTRATION. 
[UB readers will, we think, agree with us that the Cherries represented in 
the accompanying plate are really handsome fruit. For the opportunity 
of figuring the Frogmore Early Bigarreau, a variety which will be 
found well deserving of cultivation wherever Cherries are cared for, we 
are indebted to Mr. Jones, gardener to Her Majesty at Frogmore, who was good 
enough to forward to us the specimens which Mr. Macfarlane has very cleverly de¬ 
picted in the accompanying plate. It is really a tempting-looking fruit, the sample 
represented being, in fact, rather below the actual size, in consequence of the tree 
having been recently root-pruned. It has also the merit of high quality, being a 
delicious fruit, and it is both early and an abundant bearer. 
We add Dr. Hogg’s description :—Fruit large obtuse heart-shaped, compressed 
on the side, and with a faint suture. Skin pale waxen-yellow in the, shade, 
suffused with deep red next the sun. Stalk two inches long, with a very small 
receptacle. Flesh reniarkably tender and melting, as much so as in a Gean; very 
juicy, and with an excellent flavour. 
The Bigarreau Noie de Schmidt was obligingly sent to us by Mr. Eivers, of 
Sawbridgeworth, being one of the kinds which were so finely cultivated by him 
last year. It, too, is a very handsome Cherry of the very highest quality. Our 
note of the sample from which the drawing was made runs thus :—Fruit large, 
bluntly heart-shaped, the stalk set in a moderate cavity. Skin dark shining 
blood-red. Flesh red, tender, juicy, and of excellent flavour. 
No one who cares for first-class Cherries could do wrong to add these varieties 
to his collection.—T. Moore. 
FORCING CHERRIES IN POTS. 
f LTHOUGH the forcing of Cherries in pots is old in practice, there are but 
few places in England where it is carried out to any extent. This is the 
more surprising, when we consider the increase of glass accommodation 
everywhere, and the ease with which they can be managed, by shifting 
them, as they progress through the different stages, to a proper temperature. It 
is not in every place that the gardener can afford to give up a whole house to 
permanent trees ; and although we ban accommodate a pot cherry by shifting it 
about, it is not so easy to find other suitable plants for the cherry-house, without 
bringing in troublesome insects, &c. 
There is also this advantage attendant upon potted Cherry-trees, that when 
in bloom there are few plants more sweet and effective. A dozen half-standard 
Cherries in full bloom make as good a display as a dozen white Azaleas, and 
stand equally as long in bloom. Then, again, a conservatory or greenhouse, 
where plenty of air can be given, is the very best place for them while setting 
their fruit—by far 'the most difficult process. There must be bad management 
3rd series.—VII. M 
