. Guide to hardy fruits and ornamentals . Fruit-culture. DWYEES GUIDE. 39 CHERRY TREES. Most any kind of land is suitable for the Cherry, excepting ground that is excessively moist or where water remains on the surface any great length of time after a rain storm. It should be remembered, how- ever, that the cherry grows better and gives better results on dry land; this seems to be its natural and favored home, and when growm and fruited on soil of this character it will be a pleasant surprise to all with its magnificent growth and immense productiveness of luscious fruit. We know of no other s
. Guide to hardy fruits and ornamentals . Fruit-culture. DWYEES GUIDE. 39 CHERRY TREES. Most any kind of land is suitable for the Cherry, excepting ground that is excessively moist or where water remains on the surface any great length of time after a rain storm. It should be remembered, how- ever, that the cherry grows better and gives better results on dry land; this seems to be its natural and favored home, and when growm and fruited on soil of this character it will be a pleasant surprise to all with its magnificent growth and immense productiveness of luscious fruit. We know of no other species of fruit trees that can be so successfully grown on dry situations as the Cherry. There is not in our enlarged col- lection of fruit trees any other family that we can recommend that will be as desirable, beneficial and profitable to serve the double purpose of furnish- ing us with fruit and shade. Were we restricted to one tree, we would unhesi- tatingly select the Cherry on account of its all around valuable services. The Cherry is one of our best fruits for home consumption and profitable for market purposes. It is a common occurrence to have a tree of the sweet sort produce twenty dollars worth of fruit. We have picked from the sour kinds sixty pounds of fruit when the trees had been planted only four years. Cherry trees are divid- fd into two classes, namely, Heart and Bigarreau, and Duke and Morrello. THE HEART AND BIGARREAU CHERRIES. These are commonly called sweet cherries, and are large, vigorous growers and make a magnificent tree with large, open, spreading heads. They are orna- mental and the foliage remains on the trees the greatest portion of the year, coming into leaf very early in the Spring and remain so in the Fall later than most any other truit tree. They are desirable lor both fruit and shade. It is detri- mental to keep the Cherry under con- stant tillage, which causes the bursting open of the bark of the tree. In fact, after the Heart and Bigarreau
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