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BiQARREAU, OR Yellow SPANISH. — Dr. Hull — It is the best of the 

 class of the white or yellow : exceedingly productive, and as hardy as 

 the majority of that class ; but it wont bear comparison with the 

 Dukes. 



Black Eagle. — Dr. Hull — Black Eagle is a hardy fellow. It is 

 fully up to the description given by the books. We could hardly dis- 

 pense with it, provided you are willing to M^ait for its fruit 8 or 9 

 years. I should think wherever the cold would not get below 30°, 

 and where it is cold enough to reach 10° below freezing point, it may 

 be treated so as to make it perfectly hardy. It is a moderate bearer. 



Mr. Freeman — Have you observed any change in its fruit as re- 

 gards productiveness by cultivation or manuring? I know a large 

 tree in our neighborhood that bears magnificently ; it stands in front 

 of Mr. Clark's residence at South pass. 



Mr. Wier — We find it with us, one of the hardiest and most pro- 

 ductive of sweet cherries. It in early with me, but it is on poor 

 sandy ground. 



Mr. Shephard — They say the soil requires to be peculiar in order to 

 make it successful. These sweet cherries are the sweet cherries of 

 the east, and have proved tender and not recommended. I suppose 

 we are all aware that we must keep hands off until we see what lati- 

 tude we are in. 



Mr. Wier — I am well satisfied that where I live I can raise just as 

 many as I can of the Early Richmond. I can do it on prairie soil. 

 The fault is not in tree killing or bud killing. I should top graft it 

 from the north side. I have been planting them in rows and very 

 close together in the last eight years. I had thorn on Mazzard 

 Stocks, but I would not recommend the Mazzard in open ground. I 

 had it also on Early Pdchmond.. I have found great advantage in 

 grafting other varieties on the Eurly Richmond. We have cherries 

 put on the north sido of the building that have no other protection. 



Black Tartarian. — Dr. Hull — It is a beautiful cherry, but it is not 

 as hardy as some of the other hearts, and 1 think we can dispense with 

 it in view of the fact that we have other cherries that fill the place. 



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