. Catalogue of Green's Nursery Co. Nursery stock New York (State) Rochester Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; Berries Catalogs; Nursery stock; Fruit trees; Berries. Cherries. The following is a portion of a paper read on this subject by Mr. E. Yoest before the Maury County Horticultural Society at their regular meeting, August 7th, in Columbia, Tenn.: "The cultivated cherry is of Asi- atic origin and is said to have been introduced into Italy from Pon- tus about 70 B. C, about 120 years afterwards it was introduced into Great Britain. The Romans rec- early Richmond. ognized only eight varie
. Catalogue of Green's Nursery Co. Nursery stock New York (State) Rochester Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; Berries Catalogs; Nursery stock; Fruit trees; Berries. Cherries. The following is a portion of a paper read on this subject by Mr. E. Yoest before the Maury County Horticultural Society at their regular meeting, August 7th, in Columbia, Tenn.: "The cultivated cherry is of Asi- atic origin and is said to have been introduced into Italy from Pon- tus about 70 B. C, about 120 years afterwards it was introduced into Great Britain. The Romans rec- early Richmond. ognized only eight varieties; more than 300 varieties are now catalogued. Out of this number there are only two varieties adapted to the soil and climate of Middle Tennessee, the Dukes and Morello. The Dukes have strong upright branches, while the MoreJos have branches more slender and spreading. The cherry being a very hardy tree, will thrive in nearly all good soils; but a dryer soil than for most other fruits is found pre- ferable; a sandy or gravelly loam is best. It wet places or on watershed sub-soils it does not nourish, and soon perishes. Raising cherries on a large scale for shipping pur- poses has been either overlooked or not considered of sufficient importance from a pecuniary standpoint to induce our farmers to plant large orchards. I know of only two such orchards in Maury county, those owned by Mr. Rainey and myself. I would recommend for Middle Tennessee the follow- ing kinds, named in the order of ripening: 1, Early Richmond ; 2, Montmorency Ordin- aire ; 3, Royal Duke; 4, Hortense; 5, Large English Morello. For orchards I would recommend planting 20 feet apart in the rows, and rows 20 feet apart. This would give 108 trees to the acre. Cherry tr^es frequently do well planted in fence corners, but like other fruit trees, do better when cultivated. Beyond trim- ming the small tender branches of the trees while young to form a pyramidical head, the cherry tree should not be pruned, espec
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