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CHOICE GEAN CHERRIES. 
WITH AN ILLUSTRATION. 
have again the pleasure of submitting to our readers portraits of two 
very fine and comparatively little known varieties of Cherry, belonging 
f to the group of the Geans, and for the specimens of which, here figured, 
we have to thank Messrs. Rivers and Son, of Sawbridgeworth, who for¬ 
warded them to us in the ripe state early in July, 1874. 
The Early Lyons (fig. 1), Rose Hative de Lyon, or Guione Hative de 
Lyon, is a very large and handsome cherry, which besides being excellent in 
quality has a very grand appearance for exhibition purposes. The fruit is roundish 
heart-shaped, with a faint depression or suture on the flattened side, and having 
the stalk, which is an inch and three-quarters long, set in a rather shallow cavity. 
The skin is blackish crimson-purple, or glossy blackish mahogany-colour. The 
flesh is of a very dark brownish-red, sw T eet, tender, juicy, and well-flavoured. 
It is an early variety, ripening naturally about the end of June. 
The Ohio Beauty (fig. 2) is, as will be seen, of a different character, belong¬ 
ing to the group in which the flesh is pale and the juice uncoloured. The fruit 
is large, roundish heart-shaped, with a faint suture. The skin is yellow, 
spread over with bright rich red on the sunny side. The flesh is pale yellow, 
tender, sweet, and juicy. It ripens about the same time as the Early Lyons. 
Both varieties are worth a place in every garden where Cherries are prized.— 
T. Moore. 
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l OR some years I have steadily been pursuing a system of planting-out in 
my stoves, greenhouses, and ferneries, and as time wears on, the more I 
see of it, the better I like it. The luxuriance of growth and richness of 
flower far surpass anything which can be produced in pot-culture without 
having to bestow the utmost care on cultivation. My system is something like 
the following :—Besides preparing the usual number of plants in pots for the 
decoration of the stages of our stoves, &c., and from which we cut sparingly, we 
prepare another batch, which by the end of August, or at any other time during 
the summer months when a house of Melons is over, are turned out of pots and 
planted into the beds vacated by the Melons. The loam is enriched by the addi¬ 
tion of some well-rotted dung, leaf-soil, and sand sufficient to make it porous. A 
good watering when planted, and afterwards once a fortnight or once a month, 
according to the weather, throughout the winter, is all the attention they require. 
To save cutting from our dressed Conservatories, we cut freely from those planted 
out, and it is astonishing to observe how, after a severe cutting, the plants will 
again break and flower. By this system the old adage of “ Cut and come again ” 
is well borne out. Any one having a little pit-room to spare during the winter 
might with advantage give the system a trial. 
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