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With good care they will grow large enough to bud like peach 

 trees the first summer. The next spring they can be cut off and 

 the growth thrown into the buds. With good care and a favor- 

 able season, the growth will be from three to five feet, or large 

 enough to set out at one year old and they can be grown at a 

 trifling cost. These two varieties of wild cherry trees do not 

 sprout at the roots. 



The peach, plum and apricot being of the same affinity, it is 

 possible that they might all be budded on the wild cherry stocks 

 and be an improvement on our present system of propagation. 



Our experience and observation have been that the Early 

 Richmond and English Morello are the two most valuable of the 

 sprouting or Morello family, and they grow much larger and are 

 longer-lived and bear better on the wild cherry stock than on the 

 Mahaleb. 



The Duke family of cherry trees has several members in it. 

 The Governor Wood and Yellow Spanish are sweet and good and 

 they do not sucker, but are not hardy enough to stand the rigors 

 of this climate. The sprouting Black Morello is not worthy of 

 further cultivation. 



The Early Richmond or English Morello on their own roots 

 are much longer-lived and bear better than when grafted on the 

 Morello or Mahaleb stocks. The Early Richmond and English 

 Morello should be grown largely for commercial purposes. 

 When canned or dried they can be shipped to the four quarters 

 of the earth. We ought to raise more fruit of all kinds so as to 

 supply the home demand and have a surplus to ship to foreign 

 countries. The balance of trade has been against us for some 

 time and we are growing poorer each year. If we go into fruit 

 growing of all kinds on a large scale so as to supply foreign 

 countries the balance of trade will turn in our favor and we will: 

 grow richer and more prosperous, besides giving employment to- 

 the idlers and tramps of our nation. 



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DISCUSSION. 



Dr. Schroeder — Two cherries, the Montmorency and the Osthei- 

 mer, that have lately been added to our list are very valuable. 

 The Montmorency is twice as large as the Early Richmond and 

 endures our winters well. The Ostheimer is of German origin, 

 but was taken to Russia many year ago and brought to this coun- 

 try by the Mennonites. It is perfectly hardy, does not sprout, 

 and may be considered a valuable fruit. 



Mr. Augustine — Has any one tried the Wild Cherry as a stock? 

 I have found it almost impossible to make the seed grow. It is 

 also difficult to bud and transplant. The Mazzard is tender, the 

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