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By John Cornwall
Commercially, the growing of sweet cherries is confined almost entirely to Kent, though years ago good cherries were grown in Buckingham, Gloucester, Worcester and Hereford.
Mulching with sedge peat to the depth of an inch for 5 feet or so around each tree ensures that the trees are protected against drought in summer and yet they do not receive too much nitrogen. The use of well-rotted dung or good compost around cherries invariably postpones cropping and encourages disease- because of excessive growth.
Generally speaking, the caterpillars, and the black aphides, can be controlled by spraying the trees with a tar-oil wash in December. Leaf Scorch, recognized by the fact that the leaves fail to drop in the autumn. Leaf Spot, recognized by small circular-spot 'shot holes' in the leaves.
After that it is best to leave the cherry branches to grow naturally and just to thin out here and there so as to remove crossing and rubbing branches. Care should be taken when carrying out the leader pruning in the first four years (a) to make the cuts just above a bud, and (b) to leave the tops of the branches as level as possible.
One has to take care always to plant at least two so that the one may pollinate the other. Napoleon and Amber are two popular varieties because the one pollinates the other and vice versa.
Some of the varieties are Amber Heart. The popular heart-shaped pale yellow cherry with a slight red cheek. A prolific cropper. Pollinators: Napoleon and Florence. Season mid-July; Bigarreau De Schrecken. A shiny black not-too-sweet fruit of excellent flavour. Unfortunately subject to Leaf Spot. Pollinators: Early Rivers and Black Tartarian. Season late June. Bigarreau Napoleon. This is my favourite. A late-flowering yellow and dark red fruit, firm and sweet. A regular cropper, a slow small grower. Susceptible to Leaf Spot and Silver Leaf. Pollinators: Roundel and Florence. Season late July. Black Eagle. Sweet, juicy, purplish black fruits. Heavy cropper. Pollinator: Bigarreau de Schrecken. Season mid-July; Bradbourne Black. Fruit large, late, very dark red. Firm. Late flowerer. Pollinators: Roundel, Napoleon, Merton Favourite and Merton Bounty. Season mid-July-Aug.
Mulching with sedge peat to the depth of an inch for 5 feet or so around each tree ensures that the trees are protected against drought in summer and yet they do not receive too much nitrogen. The use of well-rotted dung or good compost around cherries invariably postpones cropping and encourages disease- because of excessive growth.
Generally speaking, the caterpillars, and the black aphides, can be controlled by spraying the trees with a tar-oil wash in December. Leaf Scorch, recognized by the fact that the leaves fail to drop in the autumn. Leaf Spot, recognized by small circular-spot 'shot holes' in the leaves.
After that it is best to leave the cherry branches to grow naturally and just to thin out here and there so as to remove crossing and rubbing branches. Care should be taken when carrying out the leader pruning in the first four years (a) to make the cuts just above a bud, and (b) to leave the tops of the branches as level as possible.
One has to take care always to plant at least two so that the one may pollinate the other. Napoleon and Amber are two popular varieties because the one pollinates the other and vice versa.
Some of the varieties are Amber Heart. The popular heart-shaped pale yellow cherry with a slight red cheek. A prolific cropper. Pollinators: Napoleon and Florence. Season mid-July; Bigarreau De Schrecken. A shiny black not-too-sweet fruit of excellent flavour. Unfortunately subject to Leaf Spot. Pollinators: Early Rivers and Black Tartarian. Season late June. Bigarreau Napoleon. This is my favourite. A late-flowering yellow and dark red fruit, firm and sweet. A regular cropper, a slow small grower. Susceptible to Leaf Spot and Silver Leaf. Pollinators: Roundel and Florence. Season late July. Black Eagle. Sweet, juicy, purplish black fruits. Heavy cropper. Pollinator: Bigarreau de Schrecken. Season mid-July; Bradbourne Black. Fruit large, late, very dark red. Firm. Late flowerer. Pollinators: Roundel, Napoleon, Merton Favourite and Merton Bounty. Season mid-July-Aug.
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