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orchard, which is done in a manner prescribed as customary with com- 

 mercial orchardist, on contract to take one crop of fruit for pay, having 

 our selection of crops, each of which is held at our option till gather- 

 ing time until our selection is made. 



Second party plants, cultivates and cares for the orchard as above 

 •described and is liable for any loss resulting from his carelessness or 

 neglect; said loss not to exceed our regular list price of such trees with 

 6 per cent, interest from date of contract. Second party may buy this 

 contract at any time, if he so elects, by paying our list price for the trees 

 at 6 per cent, interest, We have contracts on other plans, but thus far 

 they have proved not so satisfactory or practical and I will not occupy 

 your time here in their discussion. 



A favorite plan with some of the tree sellers who have visited this 

 section of country is to furnish the trees, tell how to plant them and so 

 on, on contract to take one-half the pay in cash and one crop of fruit for 

 the other half; usuallv the second or third crop from time of setting the 

 orchard, and then usually skip out and leave you to harvest the fruit 

 and wonder why they left or to conjecture if they are impersonating that 

 veteran philanthropist, "Uncle Johnnie Appleseed," whose honored 

 name I love. 



Such philanthropy I admire, but my inquisitive nature will not 

 permit it in me ; I want the wdiole thing and am patiently waiting for 

 that "star of hope" — a harvest of big red apples. 



CHERRIES— VARIETIES AXD PL ANTING. 



(By W. H. Skinner, Bethany, Mo.) 



The selection of varieties of cherries for planting must depend largely 

 on the location, and perhaps somewhat on the particular soil in which 

 they are to grow. I shall therefore confine my remarks to the varieties 

 suitable to North Missouri, as my limited experience in growing them 

 is confined to this region. 



There are many varieties of what are termed the sour or pie cherry 

 well adapted to this soil and climate ; in fact, I have tried but few of them 

 that have made an entire failure, but there are many varieties that I 

 have never tried. Some of these are no doubt good and would stand high 

 up in the list if once tried. I know of one variety that I have not tried, for 

 the reason that every time I have ordered it some other variety has 

 been substituted ; but it is yielding good crops to those who are grow- 

 ing it here and giviiig good satisfaction. It has every appearance of 

 liaving come to stay. This is the ^^'ragg. 



