CULTURE OF CHERRIES. 
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any common artizan can builcl it. The outer walls (a) are made of 
wood nailed to posts sunk in the ground, the trees are planted in 
rows three feet apart in the pit (6), at the bottom of which is laid a 
good thickness of brick, or any other coarse hard rubbish (c), the 
soil of the pit being held up by a brick wall ( d ). A flue heated by one 
fire runs completely round the house; a few inches above it, a walk 
( e ) is made by nailing cross-bars of wood, four inches broad, to long 
bearers lodging on one side on supports in the cavity, being nailed 
on the other to the outer walls, leaving about the same space betwixt 
each bar, to allow of the heat rising from the flue into the house. 
The roof is supported by pillars, which are sunk at proportionate 
distances down to the brick rubbish, where they have a firm bottom. 
The lights are moveable, being made either to slide or prop up; the 
walk is sunk below the ground level (/), and the entrance is by 
means of a step or two. 
To Force Cherries in Pots or Tubs .—The dimensions of the pots 
must of course be proportioned to the size of the trees; the soil must 
not be rich and highly manured, for they will then grow too luxuriant. 
The best composition is common light loam mixed with leaf-mould. 
Plunge the pots where they will be sheltered from the cutting winds 
and exposed to the sun, in which situation they must remain till 
they are brought into the house. The plants need only remain one 
year in pots before they are forced, viz : from autumn to autumn. 
If taken into the house at the end of December, they will ripen their 
fruit about the beginning of April. If they are brought in about the 
end of January, they will ripen about the middle of April. If 
brought in about the middle of February, they will ripen about the 
end of April, or the beginning of May, being generally about a fort¬ 
night earlier than if planted in a border and trained on trellis. 
After the pots are placed in the house, give them occasional wa¬ 
terings with drainings of the dung-hill, instead of constantly clear 
water; but syringe them only with pure water, and the temperature 
of the water, both for the roots and tops, should be from sixty-seven 
to sixty-eight degrees, Fahr. Give plenty of air, as recommended 
before, and treat them similar in every way to those trained on the 
trellis or back wall. The number of three dozen, brought in at dif¬ 
ferent times, will produce abundance of fruit from the beginning of 
April until the fruit ripens in the open air. Those who have not a 
house devoted to cherries, may jDlace a few pots in a greenhouse 
about the beginning of January, and allow them to stand there till 
the stoning season is over, and then place them in a stove to ripen off. 
When the fruit is gathered, expose the wood both of those in pots 
