. Garden guide; the amateur gardeners' handbook. Profusely illustrated with over 275 teaching plans and diagrams and reproduced photographs, all made expressly for this standard text book . contain, particularly^if grown on poor soil, but a few varieties are almost seedless: ; Taylor. Without core and one of the Of very good Produces white berries of good flavor. CHERRIES 231 CHERRIES Cherries are enjoyed by all; even the birds love them, but as theygrow in such abundance there are usually enough for all. EarlyCherries are a great temptation to birds, and a shght pro
. Garden guide; the amateur gardeners' handbook. Profusely illustrated with over 275 teaching plans and diagrams and reproduced photographs, all made expressly for this standard text book . contain, particularly^if grown on poor soil, but a few varieties are almost seedless: ; Taylor. Without core and one of the Of very good Produces white berries of good flavor. CHERRIES 231 CHERRIES Cherries are enjoyed by all; even the birds love them, but as theygrow in such abundance there are usually enough for all. EarlyCherries are a great temptation to birds, and a shght protection withmosquito netting may be a necessity. The sour Cherries come laterand need no protection. Cherries are not particular as to soil; they dowell in a good sandy loam. Rlack aphis always attack Cherry trees and the ends of the newgrowths are frequently covered with them, but a good hard sprayingwith Rlack Leaf 40 will usually clean them off. This should be ap-plied as soon as possible after the fruit is set, when the young growthcommences. Cherries mature quickly and their season is short. This hst of varieties include the favorites:Governor Wood. Light yellow and red. Standard (or tree) Red CurrantThis form of bush has special merits, being ornamentalwell as utilitarian Black Tartarian. Large purple. Duke. Large red, juicy. Early June. BiGARREAu. Oneof the best. July. CURRANTS Currants areused principallyfor culinary pur-poses, and unlesswanted for pre-serves, a fewplants will gener-ally be sufficientfor ordinary red and whitevarieties are theones usuallygrown, but somelike the black, anda few of theseshould be includ-ed. The reds arethe most popular,but they all make £32 GARDEN GUIDE delicious jelly; the black particularly so. Served on the table freshlypicked, the white and red, mixed, make an appetizing dessert. Any soil of a medium rich nature will grow good Currants andthey are not particular as to situtation. They prefer a Hght, openspace
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