Different Varieties Of Cherries
by Bettmann
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Different Varieties Of Cherries
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Bettmann
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(Original Caption) Cherries. The cultivated varieties of Cherries have been derived from two species of Prunus which grow will in Britain, namely, P. Cerasus, the wild Cherry, and P. Avium, the Gean. The former is the origin of the Morello, Duke, and Kentish Cherries, and the latter if the Geans, Hearts, and Bigarreau varieties. The cultivation of the Cherry is this country is said to have been started in the time of Henry VIII, when several varieties were introduced from Italy to Kent. There are now more than one hundred named varieties grown in England alone; some of the best of these were raised by Mr. Rivers of Sawbridgeworth. The Cherry Orchards of Kent have long been famous for the quantity and quality of the fruit produced in them. In some parts of Germany, Belgium, and Italy, Cherries are not uncommon as roadside trees, where they afford shade and yield copius crops of frui
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May 18th, 2020
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